ASTANA, March 11 (Xinhua) -- China's achievements over the past decade can be described as "exceptionally successful," reflecting the strength of a governance model that combines long-term strategic planning with market mechanisms, said Rakhim Oshakbayev, director of Kazakhstan's "TALAP" Center for Applied Research. Many international experts view China's approach as an effective blend of efficient state governance and market-economy elements, including support for entrepreneurship and protection of investors' and private property rights, Oshakbayev said in an interview with Xinhua.
Editor's Note: Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed expanding high-standard opening up and broadening access to global markets. Greater efforts will be made to attract and utilize foreign investment in the 2026-2030 period, according to a draft outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30).
With the two sessions, one of the most significant events on China's political calendar, running from March 4 to 12 in Beijing, China is injecting greater stability into the world. China's annual two sessions, the country's top legislature and political advisory meetings, serve as both a political weather vane and an economic barometer.
Shen Yanfen, a former project manager in south China's Guangdong Province, has traded her office cubicle for the open fields of her hometown, building a new life in agriculture. Once a white-collar worker, Shen now drives tractors and other agricultural machinery, manages farmland and leads an agricultural machinery cooperative.
