China promises to end discrimination against foreign companies. In order to attract more foreign investment, strengthen cooperation and attract expertise, foreign companies are to be treated equally to domestic companies, said Vice Trade Minister Guo Tingting at the China Development Forum in Beijing on Monday. Key industrial and financial sectors will also be opened up, more market opportunities created and a multilateral trading system with the WTO at its core resolutely defended, he added in front of more than 100 foreign executives and investors.