As the World Openness Report 2025 was released at the 8th Hongqiao International Economic Forum, international experts voiced their views on it with CGTN's Wang Guan. They pointed out that openness has been around in China for thousands of years and is the most important factor behind China's success. They believe openness leads to prosperity, while closedness hinders development – that's what history tells us – and that's why we shall stick to openness in a world of uncertainties and jointly build an open world economy.