On March 13, 2026, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng emphasized at “China in Springtime: China’s Development Opportunities for the World” Global Dialogue U.S. Session that with openness becoming a more defining feature, Chinese modernization unlocks huge development opportunities for all.

Ambassador Xie said that in 2025, China’s foreign trade grew despite a complex and grave external environment, with exports further diversifying, making China a major trading partner of more than 160 countries and regions across the globe. China’s negative list for foreign investment keeps shortening. The Hainan Free Trade Port has officially launched island-wide special customs operations. The China International Import Expo and the China International Supply Chain Expo attracted more overseas exhibitors and expanded exhibition areas. It has become an international consensus that, choosing China is embracing opportunities, and investing in China is investing in the future. According to the 15th Five-Year Plan, China will continue to pursue mutually beneficial cooperation, and expand high-standard opening up. We will widen market access and open up more areas, particularly in the service sector. We will further expand opening-up trials for value-added telecom services, biotechnology, wholly foreign-owned hospitals, and other fields, and take well-ordered steps to expand opening up in the digital sector. We will boost imports to promote balanced trade, expand two-way investment cooperation, and ensure national treatment for foreign-funded enterprises. For the world, China’s opening up is not a limited-time Black Friday sale, but a constant and ever-expanding opportunity for mutual benefit.