Opening-up to spur foreign trade growth
China DailyA container ship leaves Qingdao Port, Shandong province. China will continue to advance institutionalized opening-up, broaden market access for global businesses and advocate free trade agreements, fueling its economic growth and bolstering multilateralism in 2025, market observers and business executives said on Sunday. Noting that China gave the green light earlier this year for the establishment of wholly foreign-owned hospitals in selected cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, Liu said that expanding global businesses' access to more sectors will further diversify the nation's economy, reduce reliance on traditional industries and boost the growth of sectors such as high-end manufacturing, modern services and green and digital technologies. "Promoting and joining various multilateral and bilateral free trade deals, such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, are crucial for China to sustain its foreign trade growth," he said. These initiatives, including the RCEP and CPTPP, could assist China in countering the pressures of unilateralism by offering a platform for countries to collectively shape international trade rules and standards, Wei said, predicting that the new growth engines of China's foreign trade are likely to come from emerging economies next year.