At the press conference on March 7, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi briefed on how China’s foreign service supports its national development.

Wang Yi said, China’s foreign service will continue to provide solid strategic underpinning and foster a favorable external environment for Chinese modernization. We will create more convenient channels for two-way travel. So far, China has granted unilateral visa-free entry to 38 countries and extended the transit visa-free period to 240 hours for 54 countries. More countries may join our visa-free “circle of friends,” sustaining the popularity of “China Travel” around the world. We will introduce more efficient foreign affairs services, coordinate resources at different levels, innovate and upgrade MFA’s signature program of presenting the provinces of China, and build bridges of cooperation in China’s further opening up. We will work for a better business environment, steadily expand institutional opening up, advance voluntary opening up in an orderly manner, continue unilateral opening up to the least developed countries, further cut down the negative list, lower the threshold of market access, and keep China as the go-to partner for international cooperation.