The "Understanding China" international conference has been successfully held for seven sessions since 2013, becoming one of the most influential platforms in the world for understanding China's development strategy. This year marks the 8th "Understanding China" International Conference and the 5th time it has been held in Guangzhou.
Opening up is a distinctive symbol of Chinese path to modernization. Jiang Yaoping, former vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce, said in his keynote speech that Guangzhou should speed up the construction of the pilot free trade zone with a more open attitude, actively connect with international high standard rules, comprehensively implement the negative list, optimize the layout of regional opening up, actively participate in the construction of the "the Belt and Road", and continue to enhance its global competitiveness and international influence as a comprehensive gateway city.
Since 2024, the strong recovery of service trade has injected new growth momentum into China's open economy. Regarding this, Zhao Jinping, former Minister of the Foreign Economic Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council, put forward five suggestions for innovating and enhancing service trade and building Guangzhou's service brand: firstly, steadily promoting institutional opening up; Secondly, deepen the reform of service trade regulations; Thirdly, establish and improve statistics on trade in services; Fourth, maintain the stability of proactive macro policies; The fifth is to strengthen international cooperation in the field of trade in services.
