FORTY years ago, China launched the reform and opening-up policy; but the earth-shaking transformation actually materialized in 1977

MY father Héctor Mora is a famous Colombian documentary director, producer, and journalist.

I was born to a family of farmers in Suntai Village, Liancheng County in Longyan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province

THERE’S a Cuihua Hutong close to the Prime Hotel and the National Art Museum of China in Beijing.

China's four-decade reform and opening-up has led to a boom in the economy of Jinzhong, Shanxi province.

AS one of the first batch of Tibetan masters students after the reform and opening-up was carried out and the first Tibetan

This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's groundbreaking reform and opening-up. The long-held policy not only brings China rapid and sustainable development, but also enables the country to have contributed greater momentum to the global economy.

Reform and opening up has not only increased development within China, but has also provided benefits for the whole world, said Nicolas Aguzin, JP Morgan Asia-Pacific chairman and CEO.

China's reform and opening-up has not only yielded top results, but also provided valuable experience to the world, according to attendees of a meeting held in Shenzhen.

The policy of reform and opening to the outside world adopted by China four decades ago has enabled the world's most populous country to become an engine for global growth, said Cambodian officials and scholars.

JUST prior to the New Year, my son sent me a WeChat message, asking me what I wanted as a New Year gift.

FORTY years ago, in 1978, I was working in a factory in Shanghai. At that time, the gateway to foreign countries seemed to me even more remote than that of paradise.

I was born in a rural community in Linchuan, eastern Jiangxi Province, in 1978, the year when China’s reform and opening-up kicked in.

I was born into a working family in Beijing in 1979, the year after China decided to open up and reform.