对外开放

對外開放

duìwài kāifàng

phrase #37,023

Meanings

1 to open up to the outside world
2 open-door policy
3 open to foreign trade/visitors

Characters

outside; foreign

release; let out

Examples

HSK 6

中国从1978年开始实行对外开放政策。

Zhōngguó cóng yī jiǔ qī bā nián kāishǐ shíxíng duìwài kāifàng zhèngcè.

China began implementing the open-door policy in 1978.

HSK 6

这座古寺每天对外开放。

Zhè zuò gǔ sì měitiān duìwài kāifàng.

This ancient temple is open to the public every day.

Tips

history

Strongly associated with Deng Xiaoping's 改革开放 (gǎigé kāifàng, 'Reform and Opening-Up') launched at the Third Plenum in late 1978 - the policy turn that ended Mao-era autarky and brought foreign investment into China.

usage

Also used non-politically to mean 'open to the public/visitors' - e.g. a museum, garden, or factory that admits outsiders.

Stroke Order

对 duì

外 wài

开 kāi

放 fàng