TIANJIN - China will expand market access for foreign investment to help drive industrialupgrades and economic transition, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday.

　　"The participation of foreign firms is needed in China's efforts to push economic transition andupgrading through reform and innovation to realize sustainable healthy growth," Li said during asession with business executives at a meeting of the World Economic Forum in the northernChinese city of Tianjin.

　　Foreign technology and managerial expertise will help Chinese firms and the country's industrialupgrading, he said.