Opening up wider for further development

China will make "new ground in pursuing opening-up on all fronts", General Secretary Xi Jinping said at the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Oct 18. He also said: "We will expand foreign trade, develop new models and new forms of trade, and turn China into a trader of quality. We will adopt policies to promote high-standard liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment. We will implement the system of pre-establishment national treatment plus a negative list across the board, significantly ease market access, further open up the service sector, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investors. All businesses registered in China will be treated equally."

Emphasizing this after being re-relected CPC general secretary on Wednesday, Xi said: "We will... open China still wider to the world."

Xi's remarks display a rising China's confidence in the new era and its policy to develop into a modern socialist country.