China to further expand high-standard opening-up: official

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China to further expand high-standard opening-up: official

2025-06-13 19:03 Last Updated At：19:37

China is committed to further expanding its high-standard opening-up and relaxing market access for foreign investment, said Li Yongjie, Deputy China International Trade Representative and a senior official of the Ministry of Commerce, at a press conference in Beijing on Friday.

"China has continuously advanced high-standard opening-up. We support foreign enterprises to invest and deepen their presence in China. We will further expand opening-up and relax market access for foreign capital. The Ministry of Commerce, together with relevant departments, will implement the 2025 Action Plan for Stabilizing Foreign Investment, accelerating pilot openings in sectors of cloud computing, biotechnology, and wholly foreign-owned hospitals, while gradually expanding voluntary opening in other service industries," she said.

"We will make full use of existing platforms, say Pilot Free Trade Zones, National Economic and Technological Development Zones, and Comprehensive Demonstration Zones for Expanding the Opening-up of the Service Sector, to steadily advance institutional opening-up. We will also revise and expand the Catalog of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment, and explore policies to encourage foreign enterprises within the country to reinvest in China, so as to offer more opportunities for foreign companies to invest in China's emerging sectors and future industries," said Li.

ROK president calls for learning lesson from anti-aggression history

The Republic of Korea (ROK) and China should cherish the historical experience of jointly resisting aggression and continue to work together for a prosperous future, said ROK President Lee Jae Myung.

At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Lee will pay a state visit to China from Jan 4 to 7. It will be Lee's first visit to China since he took office last year.

In an interview with China Media Group (CMG) in Seoul on Wednesday, Lee said that humanity must learn from the past to prevent the tragedy of war from repeating itself.

"While pursuing their own national interests to the fullest extent, countries must not harm the national interests of others, but should coexist peacefully. The act of invading other countries and massacring their people for one's own benefit must never be repeated. History of humanity often repeats itself, therefore we must learn from the past. In this regard, I believe the historical experience of ROK and China in resisting aggression and fighting together is invaluable. Of course, while historical experience is important, we cannot remain stuck in the past. For a better future for the people of both countries, we need to continuously explore possibilities for working together towards the future," said the president.