Getting on the "China train," what are they looking forward to

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Qiu Chaoyi

Data source: Ministry of Commerce and others

Recently, representatives from international organizations, Fortune 500 companies, and the business community gathered in Beijing to participate in the China Development High-Level Forum, focusing discussions on one word—stability.

Dilmara Roshev, President of the New Development Bank, straightforwardly stated that China is a stabilizing force and core engine for global stability, growth, trade, and technological transformation. Standard Chartered Group CEO Bill Winters expressed that China is a stable platform in an unstable world. Roland Berger’s Co-CEO, Dapna, compared Europe and America, saying, “In comparison, China’s economy has a stronger stability capacity.”

The more turmoil the world faces, the more eye-catching and valuable “China’s stability” becomes. At the forum, foreign representatives actively discussed cooperation and expanding investments, reflecting that stability has become an important international competitive advantage.

Where does “China’s stability” come from? Behind this question lies the secret to China’s development success.

Within “China’s stability,” there is a firm resolve to “walk our own path.”

The New York Times recently posed a question: “Oil prices soar, why has China been relatively less affected?”

For a long time, China has been poor in oil and gas, and energy stability was not achieved overnight. As early as the “Seventh Five-Year Plan,” we proposed actively developing new energy sources. Since then, from implementing the Brightness Project to promoting a new energy security strategy in the new era, and building a strong energy nation, after decades of effort, China has established the most comprehensive energy system in the world, with wind and solar power installed capacity ranking first globally, and over 90% of energy consumption growth independently secured.

Persistence and consistency lead to lasting fragrance. Unwaveringly walking our own path, focusing on doing our own things well, and following through on a blueprint—step by step, generation by generation—we accumulate small victories into great success, building a market, industrial, innovation, and security advantage that is globally admired and irreplaceable.

Within “China’s stability,” there is a broad mind of “self-reliance, mutual benefit, harmony, and coexistence.”

Foreign media have observed a phenomenon: European leaders are visiting China intensively, rushing to board the “China train,” “They worry that missing this train means facing long-term economic stagnation and strategic marginalization.”

What is on the “China train”? Stable development opportunities. For example, visible signs show China is increasingly becoming the “factory of factories,” with reports indicating that last year, exports of intermediate products grew against the trend, helping emerging economies build manufacturing centers. Moreover, the “invisible” aspect: in March this year, China’s daily call volume of word tokens exceeded 140 trillion, with callers from around the world.

In the past five years, China’s contribution to global growth has exceeded the combined total of the G7 countries. At this forum, many foreign companies announced “increasing their holdings” in China. Whenever chaos occurs, what people see is China’s insistence on “opening up” rather than “closing,” continuously bridging global uncertainties with its own development stability.

In recent years, China has achieved steady progress amid multiple shocks. Regarding this year’s economic growth target, foreign media say, “This growth target is quite pragmatic, marking a further shift from ‘priority on numbers’ to ‘priority on quality’.”

The key to stability lies in practicality. Pursuing quality, seeking truth, step by step, building a more solid core, and accumulating deeper resilience—achieving high-quality, sustainable development.

The pursuit of genuine, waterless growth embodies the principle of “sticking to reality,” reflects the strategic patience of “broad vision,” and reveals a performance outlook of “success may not be mine, but success will surely include me.”

Flowers bloom, butterflies come naturally. In the first two months of this year, China established 8,631 new foreign-invested enterprises, a year-on-year increase of 14%, with actual foreign investment reaching 161.45 billion yuan—an “investment vote of confidence” from foreign investors and foreign companies with real money.

Practicality, confidence, composure. China’s development cake will continue to grow, and the dividends of stability will be long-lasting.

People’s Daily ( April 1, 2026, Page 18 )