In addition, broadening and strengthening regional economic integration is necessary as this will improve access to Asia-Pacific markets. There is some uncertainty tied to this issue. Policymakers in China have stated that their long-term aim is to improve the “quality of growth” by reducing the excessive dependence of the economy on exports and increasing the role of domestic demand, and within domestic demand, reducing the role of investment, both in infrastructure and recently in the housing sector, and instead boosting the disproportionately small role of consumption.