More opening coming: experts

Delegation arrives in Finland on three-nation tour

Foreign companies will have more opportunities in the Chinese market, especially in the wake of wider reforms announced by a key meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Xinhua News Agency said over the weekend, citing a panel of Chinese experts.

A Chinese delegation led by Li Shulei, deputy secretary of the 19th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, arrived in Finland on Thursday from Switzerland as part of a three-nation tour to explain the key decisions taken at the 19th CPC National Congress in Beijing in October, the key five-yearly assembly that assesses the current social reality and drafts plans for the future. Their next stop is Denmark.

Their mission also includes explaining the social developments in China over the past five years, the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, and improvements in the business environment to win the confidence of foreign investors.

At a gathering of Finnish officials, business leaders and think tank members in Helsinki on Friday, Li explained how China is deepening reform to improve the management system and attain better and more modern governance.

The more China opens up and the wealthier the Chinese get, the more opportunities there will be for China and Finland to work together, Li said. One example of that has been the increase of numbers of Chinese tourists visiting Finland in recent years.

Li Wentang, director and professor at the Literature and History Department at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, said China will not close its doors to the world but open them wider.

China’s focus is to promote economic globalization and develop a high-standard economy as well as improve the environment for enterprises by strengthening protection of intellectual property rights, the professor said.

Jyri Hakamies, director general of the Confederation of Finnish Industries, said economic cooperation between China and Finland was experiencing the best period in history.