How China's high-standard opening up fuels high-quality development
2025-11-09 19:11:04 source：CGTN
November 8, 2025
As China's 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) covering the period 2021-2025 is nearing its end and the country prepares to unveil the blueprint for its 15th FYP, one message is clear: opening up remains at the heart of China's modernization drive.
During recent trips to Hainan Province and Guangdong Province, two frontiers of reform and opening up, Chinese President Xi Jinping laid out his vision for high-standard opening up as the pathway to achieving high-quality development.
Hainan: A gateway for a new era
On December 18, the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) will officially launch island-wide special customs operations, a move Xi described as "a landmark of China's unwavering expansion of high-standard opening up and its contribution to an open world economy."
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