The power of openness
Cargo ships dock at Yangpu port of Hainan province. In June last year, China released a master plan to build the island into a globally influential and high-level free trade port, showing the country's commitment to further opening-up. Liu Yang/For China Daily IN 1986, when Koh King Kee organised the first-ever seminar on China’s reform and opening-up policy in Kuala Lumpur, he was impressed that the Chinese government officials - all members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) - who spoke at the seminar were open, inquisitive and eager to acquire fresh knowledge. According to Koh, the pr...