More openness correct choice going forward

The just-concluded second session of the 13th National People's Congress has given reassuring answers to the questions and suspicions about China's commitment to continuous openness and its future intentions. Most notably with the national legislature's overwhelming endorsement, with a 2,929 to 8 vote, of the foreign investment law, which will come into effect on Jan 1, 2020.

This is an event worth praising as it is another historic milestone on the country's way toward greater openness.

It well embodies Beijing's stated intention of a "restart" when the country celebrated the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up last year.