对外开放

對外開放

duìwàikāifàng

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

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.

这座古寺每天对外开放。

Zhè zuò gǔsì 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