Open cooperation for mutual benefit and win-win outcomes, China brings new opportunities to the world
High level openness is the "propeller" that promotes mutually beneficial cooperation between China and the world.
Throughout 2025, China actively aligns with international high standard economic and trade rules, expands the opening up of the service industry, further shortens the negative list for foreign investment access, and continuously optimizes the open environment.
The recently held Central Economic Work Conference identified "adhering to opening up to the outside world and promoting win-win cooperation in multiple fields" as one of the key tasks for China's economic work next year.
During the investigation, the reporter felt that new driving forces for China's economic growth are constantly emerging, foreign investment is seizing new opportunities for high-quality development and strengthening China's resilience. Foreign trade entities are innovating and seeking change. Institutional openness is steadily advancing, injecting more vitality into both "bringing in" and "going out", and China and the world are heading towards each other to jointly create new opportunities for development.
Accelerating the ascent to new heights and opening up new space for investment in China
In Rugao, Jiangsu, the industrial production base of Swedish heavy-duty truck brand Scania, dozens of engineers from China, Switzerland and other countries are busy developing and testing heavy-duty truck products.
China's technological advantages and research and development speed in areas such as electrification and intelligent networking can help Scania achieve innovation breakthroughs faster, "said Sonia Edesto, Scania's head of research and development in Asia
Bayer, AstraZeneca, Porsche, Johnson&Johnson... Since the beginning of this year, more and more multinational companies have regarded China as a testing ground, application field, and profit field for global innovation, and have laid out large-scale research and development centers and innovation centers in China.
In today's China, industrial upgrading is accelerating, green transformation is advancing, and the potential of a super large market is being unleashed. Targeting these new opportunities, foreign-funded enterprises are accelerating their roots deeper into the Chinese market.
In Yangquan, Shanxi, Sigli Quanhai High tech Materials (Shanxi) Co., Ltd. is working hard to produce the flagship product of special graphite. Graphite is widely used in industries such as chips and aerospace. These industries are flourishing in China, opening up new development space for enterprises, "said Misha, head of graphite material production and operation at SGL Carbon Group, headquartered in Germany.
Optimistic about the explosive demand for computing power brought by generative AI, Siemens released "Data Center Solution 5.0" and multiple new DC power distribution products for data center applications in December; Valuing the vast market space for assisted driving, French automotive parts giant Faurecia completed production expansion at its Wenling factory in Zhejiang in November and added a production line for camera and radar cleaning devices; Looking forward to the new blue ocean of urban renewal and the construction of "good houses" in China, Kedebao has developed rapid green roof technology, transforming the "gray skyline" into a "green ecological line"
A set of data confirms China's attraction to foreign investment: in the first 11 months of this year, there were over 60000 newly established foreign-invested enterprises in China, a year-on-year increase of 16.9%; The actual use of foreign investment in high-tech industries is 221.26 billion yuan, accounting for over 30% of the total actual use of foreign investment.
Since the beginning of this year, multiple service measures have continued to deepen, making foreign investors willing to come, stay, and develop well, such as polishing the "Invest in China" brand, implementing the "access and operation" policy, and hosting the Foreign Enterprise Roundtable.
In the past year, the number of global executives visiting China has reached a historic high, "said Zepeda, Senior Managing Partner at McKinsey Global." China's huge market size and new development vitality will continue to create new opportunities for multinational companies that have insight into growth potential.
Forging foreign trade resilience injects stability into global development
Walking into the Hongsheng Toy Store located in Yiwu International Trade City, the walls are filled with cute dolls with different skin colors and accessories, and who can speak various languages. The small store is crowded with two groups of merchants from Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan.
This year's revenue has increased by more than 10% compared to last year. The secret to our thriving business is having new models every day and delivering products within 3 days, "said the boss's wife Sun Lijuan." Now we learn new skills every day. In addition to using AI for product design, we also use AI tools to translate product introduction videos into multiple languages and send them to global customers, greatly improving our customer acquisition efficiency. ”
The exploration and innovation of numerous foreign trade entities have converged into an upward curve: in the first 11 months of 2025, China's total import and export value of goods trade reached 41.21 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%.
At the same time, China has achieved simultaneous growth in exports and imports with over 110 countries and regions worldwide, an increase of more than 20 compared to the same period last year.
The resilience of foreign trade comes not only from the support of a complete industrial system, but also from the vigorous vitality brought by technological innovation. Faced with an exceptionally complex and severe external situation, China's foreign trade has withstood pressure, with both quantity and quality improving, injecting stability into global economic and trade development.
Starting from Qiankai Port in Peru and passing through the cold chain express line, it only takes 23 days to cross about 17000 kilometers straight to Shanghai, and then sent to the whole country. "Jiawo Peru Desert Crispy Berry" was unveiled at this year's China International Import Expo and soon entered Chinese supermarkets, serving on people's dining tables. Latin America is more eager for trade and development than ever before, and China is willing to cooperate with us, "said Juan Carlos Capunay, former Ambassador of Peru to China.
Zambia's macadamia nuts, Colombia's fresh bananas... In the first three quarters of this year, China added access to 135 new agricultural and food products, involving 50 countries and regions, opening the door to the Chinese market with more global delicacies.
As of November, China's imports have maintained growth for six consecutive months. On December 1st, China granted 100% tariff free treatment to all least developed countries that have established diplomatic relations for one year. Over the past year, China's imports from the least developed countries have increased by more than 55 billion yuan, contributing to the common development of the global South.
Through balanced development of imports and exports, China's needs and the world's expectations are effectively balanced, and new spaces for win-win cooperation are further opened up.
Expand independent openness and write a new chapter of mutual benefit and win-win results
In the first week after Hainan Free Trade Port launched the island wide lockdown operation, a set of new data is exciting:
From December 18th to 24th, Haikou Customs supervised over 400 million yuan worth of "zero tariff" imported goods on the "front line"; Supervise "second-line" domestic sales processing value-added duty-free goods exceeding 20 million yuan; In the first week of the lockdown, Hainan added 1972 newly registered foreign trade enterprises, a year-on-year increase of 2.3 times.
High level opening up is driving the gathering of high-end industries, capital, technology, and talent elements in Hainan, "said Huang Yin, Managing Partner of Anyonghua South District." Recently, we have received a significant increase in consulting services related to Hainan Free Trade Port, including multiple multinational companies. The global appeal of the Free Trade Port is bringing new growth space to Ernst&Young
Expanding independent opening up is the essence of high-level opening up. In 2025, a series of institutional opening-up measures such as "planting paulownia trees and attracting phoenixes" will be introduced intensively and run throughout the year——
The Action Plan for Stabilizing Foreign Investment in 2025 has introduced 20 measures to stabilize foreign investment; The Comprehensive Pilot Work Plan for Accelerating the Expansion and Opening up of the Service Industry specifies 155 pilot tasks; The Opinions on Implementing the Strategy of Upgrading Pilot Free Trade Zones provide a systematic deployment for the construction of pilot free trade zones; Continue to expand the scope of unilateral visa free countries; Promote the integrated domestic and foreign currency fund pool business of multinational corporations nationwide
In May of this year, Shanghai Deda Cardiovascular Hospital, a subsidiary of Swire Group, was officially unveiled as the first foreign-owned cardiovascular specialist hospital in China, with a total of over 80000 outpatient and emergency visits throughout the year. We have a clear sense of China's determination to promote high-level opening-up to the outside world. With the deepening of institutional opening-up, Taikoo will continue to cultivate the Chinese market, "said Jiang Yida, Chairman of Taikoo China.
From the fields of economy and trade to technology, China holds high the banner of openness and cooperation: the signing of the upgraded protocol of the China ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 promotes the leap of bilateral cooperation from "factor flow oriented opening" to "institutional oriented opening"; Propose the establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, put forward the "Artificial Intelligence+" international cooperation initiative, and promote artificial intelligence to become an international public good that benefits humanity
Opening the door and sharing opportunities is China's firm commitment and action, which will continue to inject stronger confidence and greater momentum into the world economic recovery and long-term development.