Championing 'World First' mindset

China's fresh round of opening-up promises to humanize globalization and energize global economy

China's push toward further opening-up promises to be a game-changer that could help usher in a new era in global trade, international cooperation and globalization, experts said.

The timing of the new wave of economic reforms is significant, 40 years after the first wave of economic reforms, and when the world is now riven with discord and discontents over perceived widening of economic inequities between social classes and between nations. Such perceptions have been causing over-reactions like protectionism and unfair practices, they said.