China’s Premier Li Qiang Opens 5th Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou

The signal here is less the expo itself than the level of representation: a premier using a digital trade platform to frame China's position on where global commerce is heading. That matters for cross-border data, digital services and the regulatory posture that RWA and tokenised trade infrastructure ultimately depend on. The open question is whether the speech produces concrete policy language on digital trade rules, or remains a positioning statement ahead of wider negotiations.