Published on: 2026-06-01
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –
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The fifth volume of the book “Xi Jinping on State Governance”, recently published in Russian, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Japanese, and traditional Chinese, represents an important theoretical and practical source for understanding China’s modern development strategy. It includes 91 works by General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping, published from May 2022 to December 2024 and combined into 18 thematic sections.A special place is occupied by the section dedicated to high-level external openness, which reveals a systemic understanding of openness as a key condition for China’s modernization and an important contribution of China to the sustainable development of the world economy.
In the fifth volume, openness is considered as an organic part of Chinese modernization. If at the early stage of reforms it served as a tool for attracting capital and technologies, today it is about a transition to institutional openness, based on deeper integration with international rules and standards. This means a transition from a quantitative expansion of external ties to a qualitative improvement of the management system.
The practical expression of this strategy has become the development of large international platforms, including the China International Import Expo (CIIE), the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), the China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), and the China International Cultural Industries Fair (ICIF). These venues have become effective mechanisms for promoting openness and have strengthened China’s role not only as a participant but also as an active organizer of global economic interaction.
The speech by Xi Jinping at the opening of the fifth China International Import Expo holds special significance, where openness was defined as the most important driving force of progress and the foundation of global prosperity. A logic of four directions was designated: using openness to overcome development challenges, strengthening international cooperation, stimulating innovation, and a fairer distribution of the results of global growth. In conditions of global turbulence, China views openness as a factor of resilience.
A key element of the modern strategy is institutional openness. The creation of a free trade port in Hainan province, the development of free economic zones, and the expansion of the sector catalog, encouraging foreign investments, are forming a new regulatory environment. Since 2013, 23 pilot free trade zones have been established in China, which occupy less than 0.4 percent of the country’s territory but provide about one-fifth of foreign investments and foreign trade turnover.
It is fundamentally important that openness is seen as a tool for deepening internal reforms. In recent years, dozens of measures have been implemented in the spheres of digital trade, protection of intellectual property, environmental standards, and simplification of cross-border procedures. Thus, external openness becomes a catalyst for the modernization of public and economic governance.
A significant part of the book is devoted to China’s role in reforming the global trading system. In the two decades since joining the World Trade Organization, the country’s trade turnover has grown 11 times, making China the largest trading power in the world and the main trading partner for more than 150 countries. Today, the country is an active advocate for strengthening the multilateral trading system and countering protectionism.
High-level openness is closely linked to regional cooperation. Within the framework of APEC, China consistently promotes the concept of open regionalism, viewing it as confirmation that it is precisely cooperation that ensures sustainable economic growth. The practical results of the strategy are already evident: the volume of China’s trade in services has exceeded one trillion dollars, the country occupies second place in the world in this area, and the flows of foreign direct investment have been among the world’s top three leaders for 13 consecutive years.A special place is occupied by the “Belt and Road” initiative, which through the implementation of large infrastructure projects demonstrates the practical embodiment of the principle of joint development. At the same time, the modern Chinese strategy combines openness and security, linking the expansion of external interaction with the protection of national interests and the sustainability of supply chains.
The section on high-level external openness in the fifth volume “Xi Jinping on State Governance” represents a holistic concept of a new stage of China’s development. Openness simultaneously acts as a tool of internal modernization, a factor of international cooperation, and a philosophy of development, offering the world a constructive alternative to isolationism and protectionism.
Author: Anushervon Rasulov
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