Beijing supports Asian free-trade area

By Qin Jize in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Li Xiaokun and Li Jiabao in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2012-11-20 08:11

Premier Wen Jiabao, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (left), Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen and Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (right) hold hands for a photo at the ASEAN Plus Three session of the 21st ASEAN and East Asia summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Monday. Damir Sagolj / Reuters

Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday China supports pushing forward an Asian free-trade area, which will cover 28 percent of world's total export volume.