On 2 May 2018, H.E.Yang Jian, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China, published an article titled "China Will Carry on Reform and Opening-up after 40 Years of Efforts" on Bruneian newspapers. Following is the full text of the article:
China Will Carry on Reform and Opening-up after 40 Years of Efforts
H.E. Yang Jian
Ambassador of the People's Republic of China
In 1978, the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held in Beijing, which made a historic decision to shift the focus of the CPC and the state to economic development and to start reform and opening-up. This meeting marked a great turning point of far-reaching significance after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Since then, China established four Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou in Guangdong Province and Xiamen in Fujian Province. The SEZs were supported by special policies and flexible measures and acted as important windows and examples for the whole country's reform and opening-up and socialist modernization. In April 1988, the First Session of the 7th National People's Congress approved the establishment of the Province of Hainan and designated the entire province of Hainan as another Special Economic Zone.