May 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji started delivering a keynote speech at the annual corporate conference of the US Asia Society that opened in this oriental metropolis of Shanghai this evening.

The conference, sponsored by the Asia Society and Dow Jones & Company Inc., along with the Shanghai Municipal Government and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, is the 11th organized by the Asia Society, a US institution dedicated to fostering public understanding of Asia and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific