A cargo ship in Qingdao Port, Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, November 11, 2021. (Photo: CFP)

BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- China will further intensify its efforts to encourage foreign investment, an official with the country's top economic planner said Monday.

Zhao Chenxin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, made the remark at a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.