China Opening-Up: China's development brings opportunities for world

Source: CGTN

Update: Mar 30th, 2026, 5:23 PM

China is navigating a period where strategic opportunities coexist with risks and challenges, as outlined in its 15th Five-Year Plan. What do these opportunities mean, and how can China leverage them on the path toward its 2035 vision? Last Sunday, the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China hosted a forum titled "New Strategic Opportunities: China and the World Toward 2035," bringing together experts to discuss China's role in driving innovation, global openness, and international collaboration, and the talent needed to lead in an increasingly complex world.

MA HUAIDE President, Renmin University of China "The international community is calling for the building of a new type of global leadership. This leadership does not stem from the dominance of any single country or bloc, but from a win-win approach formed collectively by the international community to address global challenges. To achieve such synergy, talent is key. The more turbulent the world becomes, the greater the need for leaders who can navigate complex situations and guide cooperative, mutually beneficial initiatives. Therefore, cultivating a large pool of outstanding talents with a global perspective, who understand international rules, excel in cross-cultural communication, and can actively participate in global governance, has become a strategic endeavor vital to a nation's long-term development and to humanity's shared future."

DANILO TÜRK Former President, Republic of Slovenia "I think if one looks at the leadership of China in global affairs, we have seen demonstrations of what quiet leadership means, speaking careful measured approach to international issues, realistic without unfair, without insistence on being seen and being put in the place of leadership by others. The second point is openness to partnerships. Leadership can almost never be exercised in isolation or as a lonely exercise or as a lonely project. There is always a need for partnerships. There is a need to figure out what partnership means in a particular area of leadership or in a particular moment when leadership is being exercised."

DJOOMART OTORBAEV Former Prime Minister, Kyrgyzstan "Through the deliberate policy of high level openness, China is positioning itself as a new global hub for talents. This is very important. And the message is clear while others close doors, China is opening them selectively strategically and with long term intent, this policy direction is not accidental. It is embedded in a larger national framework, the 15th Five-Year Plan, which identifies high level openness as a center driver of high quality development. At its core lies recognition that in 21st century, talent is not simply a factor of production. It is decisive variable. Let us be precise, high quality development requires more than capital accumulation or individual capacity is demands innovation, institutional sophistication and global connectivity."