Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo meets Filipinos living in Chengdu, Sichuan province at a Philippine-invested shopping center in Chengdu on June 6, 2007. SHAO XING/FOR CHINA DAILY Former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo first visited China in 1975 Former Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has a sentimental attachment to China, and as a frequent visitor to the country since her first trip in 1975, she has witnessed epochal changes in the past 40 years.
BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Reform and opening up have broken new ground for China and should be advanced with resolution and courage, according to a commentary published on state media Monday.
Reform and opening-up is a choice made by the Chinese people, a source of vitality for modern China’s development and progress, and the right path for China to achieve national rejuvenation. Over the past 40 years, China has successfully made the historic transition from a highly centralized planned economy to a robust socialist market economy from a closed and semi-closed country to a country that is wide open to the outside world.
China may remove more items from its recently announced negative list amid efforts to further open up its market to foreign investors, a stance that will help consolidate the global multilateral governance system, senior experts and officials said.
