What was the open-door policy in Chinese policy?

The open-door policy was an economic reform/policy announced by Deng Xiaoping to increase productivity in China.

The correct answer is Option 1 - The open-door policy was an economic reform/policy announced by Deng Xiaoping to increase productivity in China.

The open-door policy was an economic reform/policy announced by Deng Xiaoping in 1978 to increase productivity in China. The open-door policy was to generate higher productivity by the investments of capital and technology from abroad.

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. China followed its own path in introducing a market economy. The Chinese did not go for ‘shock therapy’ but opened their economy step by step. The privatisation of agriculture in 1982 was followed by the privatisation of industry in 1998. Trade barriers were eliminated only in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) where foreign investors could set up enterprises. In China, the state played and continues to play a central role in setting up a market economy.