Social Sciences in China, 2022

Vol. 43, No. 1, 2022

The Temporal Features of China’s Opening to the Outside World and Its Theoretical Construction

Jiang Xiaojuan and Meng Lijun

Abstract：Over the past 40-plus years of reform and opening up, China has taken a unique path of development that complies with both its national conditions and the laws of development. This paper analyzes the uniqueness and the universality of Chinese experience and the theoretical logic that has permeated the process of China’s opening up and kept pace with the times. Within this framework we analyze the key issues and suitable options for China’s future opening up.

Keywords: opening up, incremental opening up, opening up strategy, institutional opening up