Opening-up and cooperation country's reply to protectionism

China is reinforcing its longstanding commitment to high-standard opening-up. Even as some countries resort to protectionism, China chooses integration over isolation and cooperation over confrontation. This direction was reaffirmed in a newly published article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, in Qiushi, the flagship journal of the CPC Central Committee. The country's dedication is also reflected in the third China International Supply Chain Expo, which is being held in Beijing from Wednesday to Sunday.

Xi's article underscores a foundational principle that China's opening-up will not stop, instead it will open the door wider. This is not mere rhetoric. China sees reform and opening-up as drivers of progress. From trade liberalization to foreign investment facilitation, institutional opening-up to legal guarantees, the country is expanding the depth of and improving the quality of its engagement with the world.

China's high-standard opening-up is a deliberate and systemic effort to integrate with the global economy in ways that are rules-based, market-driven and forward-looking. The article calls for actively aligning with high-standard international economic and trade rules, while promoting market-oriented, law-based and internationalized business conditions.