Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Italian counterpart agreed to jointly push for greater development of the China-Italy comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era.

To open wider to the world is an inevitable choice of China to realize high-quality economic development, and also a reflection of the country’s responsibility to lead global openness.

People’s Daily Online had an exclusive interview with Stephen Roach, a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute of Global Affairs.

China’s non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) in 1,416 companies in 138 countries and regions stood at $15.66 billion from January to February.

Rapid development of technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data and cloud computing in China will help create more job opportunities.

The Global Bay Areas Cooperation and Development Forum (GBAF), an international gathering which aims to deepen cooperation between bay areas worldwide, is expected to be held in San Francisco on March 28 to 29, 2019.

China seems to stay on track of its opening-up and promote globalization efforts, Apple CEO Tim Cook said on Saturday at a high-profile forum in Beijing.