CGTN: An open China is a boon to global economy
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BEIJING, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
Over 1,000 global brands including Swatch of Switzerland, Swarovski of Austria,
Shiseido of Japan and America's Tesla gathered at the first China International
Consumer Products Expo in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province in
May.
With a large host of business, trade, invention and innovation expos and fairs,
access to foreign products is now easy and convenient in China. But decades
ago, it was a completely different story.
Before the 1970s, many people were struggling to fill their bellies, let alone
pampering themselves with a shopping spree.
China's reform and opening-up policy altered the country's course of
development.
Since the initiation of this policy, the country has gone through three major
waves of opening-up.
The first began in 1978 and continued through the 1980s and 1990s. It saw an
influx of foreign direct investment for infrastructure building and industrial
projects across the country.
The second wave began in 2001 with China's accession to the WTO, which spurred
another burst of foreign investment and greater integration with the global
economy.
Now, as China embarks on a fresh chapter of development under its 14th
Five-Year Plan, the nation is on the cusp of a new wave marked by proactive
initiatives to deepen integration even further.
The vehicles include the development of new free trade zones (FTZ) and the
Hainan free trade port, the integration of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao
Greater Bay Area, and new international trade and investment agreements such as
the Regional Comprehensive Economic Agreement (RCEP).
This policy approach has driven reforms and expanded the market, enabling a
more specialized division of labor. In addition, intense competition stimulated
by trade liberalization and import tariff cuts forced domestic businesses to be
more efficient. It has also led to the optimization of the allocation of
resources and industrial upgrading.
More than 40 years of reform and opening-up have seen China's total imports and
exports soar from $20.6 billion to more than $4.5 trillion, making the country
the world's top trading nation.
Having moved the nation from times of scarcity to today's shopping spree
experience, reform and opening-up is not only a recipe for China's success, but
has arguably become an indispensable driving force towards a more prosperous
world.
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-05-19/An-open-China-a-boon-to-global-economy-10mwRLc0YVy/index.html
SOURCE: CGTN
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