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Xi's article on advancing high-standard opening-up published

An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on unswervingly advancing high-standard opening-up is being published on Wednesday.

The article by Xi, who is also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has been published in this year's 14th issue of the Qiushi Journal, the flagship magazine of the CPC Central Committee.

The article, based on excerpts of Xi's important discourses made between December 2012 and April 2025, stresses the need to continue to expand high-standard opening-up, urging efforts to steadily advance institutional opening-up with respect to rules, regulations, management and standards.

China will implement a strategy to upgrade pilot free trade zones, encourage pioneering and integrated explorations, and develop them into new heights of reform and opening-up, the article says.

Vice-president: Country to take an active role in future world expos

Vice-President Han Zheng said on Tuesday that China will continue to deepen its cooperation with the Bureau International des Expositions, take an active role in future world expos and support and promote the growth of the expo cause.

He made the remarks when meeting with BIE Secretary-General Dimitri Kerkentzes in Beijing.

With the support of the BIE, China successfully hosted the 2010 Shanghai World Expo and the 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition, and has participated in 17 comprehensive and specialized world expos overseas, Han noted.

Kerkentzes spoke highly of China's participation in the BIE and the previous expos, and fully affirmed the wonderful presentation of the China Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan.

Xinhua - China Daily