Premier Li Keqiang visited the China research center of SAP in Shanghai on the afternoon of Sept 21.

SAP, headquartered in Germany, is the biggest business management and synergetic e-commerce solution provider, dedicated to assisting enterprises with internet platforms and digitalization.

The Premier talked with software engineers before asking whether there is any gap between robots designed in China and Germany, and got the answer that components of the China-made ones call for further precision.

Opening-up unveils gaps, and only acknowledgment of the gaps can usher in improvements, the Premier said.

China's manufacturing upgrading calls for unswerving expansion of opening-up and cooperation, only in this way can win-win partnership triumphs, he added.