Profound changes

At the same time, a large-scale reform of Party and State institutions was unfurled. In less than three months, the country established and restructured 25 Party and government institutions.

Several promising areas have been selected to be pilots for advancing reform and opening-up.

In April, Hainan province, a special economic zone for 30 years, received guidelines on supporting its effort to deepen reform and opening-up from the CPC Central Committee and the State Council.

Since the announcement of its founding in April 2017, Xiongan New Area, sitting at the center of the triangular area formed by Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei's provincial capital Shijiazhuang, has been gradually materializing Xi's strategic vision.

At a July meeting of the central committee for deepening overall reform, Xiongan was granted greater powers to conduct reforms and take the initiative in reforms in innovative development, city governance and public service.

From the Hainan pilot free trade zone in the south to Xiongan New Area in the north, China has been opening its doors wider and wider by rolling out more reform measures nationwide.

Reforms formulated on the basis of pilot free trade zones have been copied and promoted elsewhere in the country.