New era to bring chances, official says

The country is more open to the world and, as a result, more opportunities are expected to be created in this new era, a senior Chinese official said on Sunday at the seventh World Forum on China Studies.

More than 180 scholars from 34 countries and regions convened in Shanghai for the opening of the forum, which is themed "China in a New Era". The two-day forum brought voices of Chinese experts from across the globe on what the term "new era" means to the world and to China studies.

"There will be more opportunities created by China for the world development, and China's open door to the world will be wider," Jiang Jianguo, minister of the State Council Information Office, said in the forum's opening speech.