A strategy for openness that integrates moves to bring in outside resources with the drive to go global

Meeting with delegates attending the national conference on foreign investment in December 1997, Jiang Zemin said that "bringing in" and "going out" were interrelated and mutually reinforcing. We should attract foreign investment into China, while at the same time encouraging competitive Chinese firms to expand overseas and take advantage of overseas markets and resources. He also called for a broader vision for going global, focusing not only on European and North American markets but also on business opportunities in the developing world. In addition, he emphasized that as we tried to increase the export of goods, we should also do our best to explore all opportunities for economic and technological cooperation abroad. The report to the 16th CPC National Congress in 2002 reaffirmed the integrated approach to "bringing in" and "going out" as a way to greater openness. Compared with an almost exclusive focus on "bringing in" at the dawn of the reform process, the strategy of going global represents a new chapter in opening up to the outside world. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, Xi Jinping has repeatedly highlighted our continued commitment to this approach, as he put forward the concept of a community of shared future for humanity and the Belt and Road Initiative, among other proposals that reflect Chinese wisdom. This will keep China on a path to greater openness.

“引進來”與“走出去”相結合的開放戰略

1997年12月，江澤民在會見全國外資工作會議代表時指出，“引進來”和“走出去”，是我們對外開放基本國策兩個緊密聯系、相互促進的方面，缺一不可；不僅要積極吸引外國企業到中國投資辦廠，也要積極引導和組織國內有實力的企業走出去，到國外去投資辦廠，利用當地的市場和資源；視野要放開一些，既要看到歐美市場，也要看到廣大發展中國家的市場；在努力擴大商品出口的同時，必須下大氣力研究和部署如何走出去搞經濟技術合作。2002年黨的十六大報告明確提出，堅持“引進來”和“走出去”相結合，全面提高對外開放水平。與改革開放初期更多強調“引進來”相比，實施“走出去”戰略則是對外開放新階段的重大舉措。黨的十八大以來，習近平也多次強調要堅持“引進來”和“走出去”相結合，提出了構建人類命運共同體、“一帶一路”倡議等中國智慧和中國方案，不斷將中國的對外開放提升到新的水平。