Name the country which adopted an Open Door Policy in 1978.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → China
By 1978, the then Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping announced the ‘open door’ policy and economic reforms in China, to raise productivity with capital and technology from abroad.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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NCERT (2026-27): “The Rise of the Chinese Economy … The Chinese leadership took major policy decisions in the 1970s. China ended its political and economic isolation with the establishment of relations with the United States in 1972. Premier Zhou Enlai proposed the ‘four modernisations’ (agriculture, industry, science and technology and military) in 1973. By 1978, the then leader Deng Xiaoping announced the ‘open door’ policy and economic reforms in China. The policy was to generate higher productivity by investments of capital and technology from abroad.…” |