| Review Exhibition on the 30 Years of China's Reform and Opening-up Opens in Beijing |
| Friday,December 19,2008 Posted: 10:52 BJT(0252 GMT) MOFCOM |
    In commemoration of the 30 years of reform and opening-up, under the authorization of the State Council, the “Review Exhibition on the 30-Year Reform and Opening-Up of China,” which is jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC, the International Communication Office of the CPC Central Committee, the Party Literature Research Center of the CPC Central Committee and Xinhua News Agency, opened in the Exhibition Hall of the China World Trade Center on December 18. Wang Qishan, who is a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the deputy prime minister of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony and visited the exhibition. After 30 years of development, a holistic, multi-layer and wide-ranging structure of reform and opening-up has formed, and the great practices of reform and opening-up have made remarkable achievements in the world. From 1978 to 2007, the total foreign trade value of China increased to US $2.17 trillion from US $20.6 billion and its ranking in the world climbed to 3rd from 32nd. The proportion of the total value of Chinese imports and exports increased to 8% of the world's total from 0.78%. The total number of foreign investment enterprises established in China rose to 635,000, the total value of direct investments of foreign merchants actually absorbed by China exceeded US $770 billion, and China became one of the countries that absorbs the most foreign capital. The total net value of the non-financial direct investments of China to foreign countries reached US $110.6 billion. The total annual turnover of the contracted projects in foreign countries, the foreign-related labor cooperation and the foreign-related design and consultation grew to US $46.3 billion from US $30 million, a 1543-fold increase. The opening-up has not only accelerated economic development and social progress, but has also brought new changes to all industries and to the daily lives of the people. From 1978 to the end of 2007, Chinese students studying abroad expanded 168-fold, with destination schools spread over 100 countries of the five major continents of the world. At the same time, altogether China hosted 1.23 million foreign students from around world. China has become the world's fourth largest tourist destination, and the largest tourist sending country in Asia. The exhibition fully showed the great achievements and the glorious course of the 30 years of China's reform and opening-up, through a large quantity of valuable historical photographs, diagrams, cultural relics, artifacts and models. The relevant officials of the 34 departments including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Development and Reform Commission, and officials of the commercial departments of every province, autonomous region and municipality directly under the Central Government, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, attended the opening ceremony. It was learned that the exhibit will be on display until December 30, and public audiences can visit the exhibit with valid identification. |
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