Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao: Promote the expansion of opening pilot projects in the telecommunications and medical field, and steadily and orderly expand autonomous opening in the education and cultural fields.

The Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao published an article titled "Vigorously Promote High-level Opening-up to the Outside World" in "Seeking Truth" on July 16. In the article, it is pointed out that the focus is on promoting high-quality development, accelerating the opening-up with better quality. High-level opening-up to the outside world should be based on optimizing resource allocation, stimulating innovation vitality, and improving production efficiency, providing stronger support for high-quality development. It is necessary to promote the optimization and upgrading of goods trade, advance market diversification, promote the digitalization and green development of trade, create a system environment conducive to the development of new formats and models, and promote the construction of comprehensive experimental zones for cross-border e-commerce. Innovate and enhance trade in services, fully implement the negative list for cross-border trade in services, and build national demonstration zones for innovative development of trade in services. Innovate and develop digital trade, deepen international cooperation in digital trade. Relax market access for foreign investment, promote the expansion of opening-up trials in the telecommunications and medical fields, and prudently and orderly expand autonomous opening in the education and culture sectors. Implement the Foreign Investment Law and its implementation regulations well, create the brand of "Invest in China". Deepen the comprehensive pilot demonstration of opening up the national service industry. Improve the open policy system of national-level economic and technological development zones, and give full play to the role of the main frontline stabilizing foreign investment. Utilize the role of the Roundtable Conference system for foreign-invested enterprises to provide high-quality services for foreign-invested enterprises. Promote international cooperation in industrial chain and supply chain, guide the rational and orderly cross-border layout of industrial chains, expand the functions of overseas economic and trade cooperation zones, improve the overseas comprehensive service system, and promote investment cooperation.