Opinion: China’s Answer to Protectionism

China’s diplomacy started off the year at high tide in terms of high-profile arrivals from other countries. Leaders from France, Ireland, Canada, Finland, and the U.K. came to Beijing, producing a list of deliverables that has caught international attention.

Amid drastic shifts in global political and economic relations, the primary driver bringing these Western leaders to Beijing is the magnetic pull of the Chinese market and the country’s cemented status in global supply and value chains. By “managing its own affairs well” and actively pushing development and reform, China creates a better external environment for its own enterprises to go global while offering the world more “China opportunities.”