The policy environment relating to the open-oriented innovation strategy in China needs to be improved.

Foreign aid is a national policy tool for conducting foreign relations.

China has absorbed the largest amount of FDI for over 20 consecutive years.

China’s overseas economic and trade cooperation zone consists of manufacturing areas, industrial zones and science & technology industrial parks which will play a driving role for the clustered development of surrounding areas.

The One Belt and One Road Initiative launched by China has received high concern from the international community and it has gradually become a common consensus among countries along the region and they have accordingly put in a lot of work to realize the initiative.

Countries along the "One Belt and One Road" routes have become China’s most important or key export markets in the implementation of free trade strategy, whereas China is not yet the main export market for these countries and most of them have not taken China as the major country to sign FTA with.

Qianhai and Shekou are two free trade areas (FTA) in Shenzhen city, Guangdong province.