Opening up has meant joining the global economy. Now there are signs that the leaders are looking in different directions. Its tone is gloomy. It predicts that this year the global economy and world trade will slow down though there won't be a recession. A lot of obstacles in world trade are appearing.
Supply is greater than demand.
Prices are not going up. Competition is getting fiercer and protectionism is spreading. In 1979 Deng Xiaoping started the reform policies in the agricultural sector. In 1984 he launched the opening up policy. That meant opening up to the world economy and world culture.