Xi speech on 40 years of reform and opening up

President Xi Jinping has delivered a major speech to a conference commemorating the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening up. The series of capitalist reforms, introduced in 1978 by Deng Xiaoping, transformed the nation into the world’s second-largest economy. Xi marked the anniversary with broad statements on the country’s plan for the future, but few specifics about future challenges and sensitive issues.