The 9th Hongqiao Forum will release the "World Openness Report 2026", with many new highlights

China News Service, Beijing, October 26 (Di Ziying) On the 26th, reporters learned at the media briefing of the "World Openness Report 2026" (referred to as the "Report") that the "Report" and the latest World Openness Index will be released as scheduled at the 9th Hongqiao International Economic Forum, with many new highlights added to the content.

On October 26, a media briefing on the "World Openness Report 2026" was held in Beijing to introduce the main contents and highlights of the "Report".

Wang Xuekun, the main person in charge of the Research Center of the Hongqiao International Economic Forum, introduced that the release of the "World Openness Report 2026" and the international seminar will be held in Shanghai on the afternoon of November 5, including guest speeches, the release of the "Report", and expert opinions. The content of the "Report" is divided into three parts: world opening up trends, world opening up hot topics, and world opening up successful practices.

Liao Fan, director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that the "Report" focuses on three major international hotspots: future industries, green and low-carbon transformation, and South-South cooperation, and explores how to build an open, inclusive, just, and sustainable governance system; it also includes new special chapters such as "China Opportunity 2.0" and APEC's "Year of China" to provide in-depth analysis of China's opening up practices and their global significance.

He specifically pointed out that "China Opportunity 2.0" means that what China shares with the world is not only the ultra-large market, but also the new space brought about by industrial upgrading, innovative applications and green development.

Liao Fan believes that the judgment of openness depends on both indicators and people's hearts. The latest World Openness Index includes the results of the World Openness Global Public Opinion Survey for the first time in its calculation, aiming to mutually confirm the index scale and people's feelings. The survey covered 40 economies and 7,551 valid questionnaires were collected. “The scale of the index and the temperature of public opinion together constitute two coordinates for observing the openness of the world.”

It is reported that the "World Openness Report" is the flagship report of the Hongqiao International Economic Forum. It is co-hosted and written by the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Hongqiao International Economic Forum Research Center. It has been published for six consecutive years since its first release in 2021.

This year, the research team invited Nobel Prize winners in economics and former heads of the United Nations’ “World Economic Situation and Prospects” team to write some relevant chapters. "The topics are broader and the vision is broader, which further enhances the international level of research." Liao Fan said.