With the successive convening of the provincial two sessions in 2026, "opening up to the outside world" has become a key keyword in the work reports of local governments. From upgrading coastal ports to building inland hubs, from institutional innovation to global service layout, various regions are taking practical measures to expand new open spaces and enhance new development drivers.

Coastal efforts are being made to enhance the level of openness

Coastal provinces are striving to transform their geographical advantages into an open and competitive advantage. Hebei Province has proposed to deepen the implementation of the Hebei cargo export action and promote the transformation of ports from gathering and distribution ports to comprehensive trade ports. Zhejiang Province is accelerating the construction of three bases and two centers for the allocation of bulk commodity resources, and strengthening the platform's carrying capacity. Tianjin will coordinate the deepening of reform and the five types of opening-up, support foreign trade enterprises to explore emerging markets, and rely on the free trade zone to enhance their ability to resist risks. Coastal areas are continuously consolidating their position at the forefront of opening up through infrastructure upgrades and policy innovations.

Breaking through the inland and building a hub economy

Inland provinces that do not border or rely on the sea actively break through logistics bottlenecks and build a new pattern of openness. A freight train in Jiangxi Province departed from Fuzhou International Port to Rotterdam, Netherlands in January 2026, implementing the door-to-door customs clearance mode. Gansu Province is accelerating the construction of the Lanzhou China Europe freight train node city and enhancing the functions of platforms such as bonded zones. Jilin Province is striving to build an important window for China to open up to the north. Chongqing plans to build an industrial chain and supply chain hub that connects the European Union and the Central European Union markets, promoting the upgrading of hub functions from geographical hubs to regulatory hubs and industrial chain hubs, and forming a new pattern of land sea linkage. Keywords: macro news information, macro latest news

Institutional innovation, deepening the connotation of openness

Institutional openness has become an inevitable requirement for high-level openness. After the closure of Hainan Free Trade Port, the number of beneficiaries of the zero tariff policy has rapidly increased, demonstrating the vitality of institutional openness. Fujian Province is promoting the expansion and quality improvement of pilot free trade zones, and deepening the reform of development zone management. Guangdong Province implements the strategy of upgrading pilot free trade zones. Tianjin has established a comprehensive service station in Indonesia to provide full process services for enterprises going global, transforming domestic institutional innovation into overseas service capabilities. Various regions are providing solid support for the global layout of China's industrial chain through rule linkage and mechanism innovation. Editor/Gao Xue