Reporter's Diary: Beyond the Wall

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For the past 20 days, we've been focusing on breakthroughs in thinking that are transforming China and leading its future.

China's reforms started some 40 years ago and have lifted the country from one of the poorest in the world to the world's second-largest economy.

To some extent, "Beyond the Wall" is our journey of observation and thinking, through the lens and interviews, in finding what the walls are and how to overcome them.

China's fast growth has been achieved by removing old walls and building new ones.

A digital picture shows the Great Wall of China and a number of the country's most noticeable architectural landmarks. /VCG Photo

To some, reform means the liberalization of the market and letting fortunes flow. To others, reform means building an eco-friendly society, or respect for individual rights.

We've covered a wide range of topics and met some amazing characters. Those different ideas in each episode may hold the best answer to China's future.

No reform is successful without a change in mindset.

The need for further reforms is much more urgent than ever before, as China is facing both internal and external challenges.

A drone flies over the Jinshaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing. /CGTN Photo

These seem to be pushing the government to dive deeper in the new round of opening up.

Four decades of reform and opening up have taken China from isolation to economic dynamism, and the liberation of the mind and redefining socialism.

Many walls still stand in the way, and many of them are in people's minds. Future success lies in pushing boundaries to go beyond those walls, possibly in ways we cannot predict.

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