A thriving Asia should not include a country in the region lagging behind others, Premier Li Keqiang said in his keynote speech at the opening of the 2016 annual conference of Boao Forum for Asia.

China is willing to push forward capacity cooperation with other Asian countries in the fields of infrastructure construction and industrial equipment, the Premier said.

“We shall strive to complete talks on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership in 2016, which is the largest regional trade mechanism in Asia”, the Premier said.