Chinese experience of the past

In the late 1970s, the words "e;reform"e; and "e;opening up"e; appeared in Chinese newspapers with unprecedented meaning. A new era had begun, but it was difficult for the Chinese at the time to predict the changes that would take place in China, and even more difficult to imagine the impact that the future China would have on the world. China's reform and opening up began in the late 1970s. This reform, which lasted for more than thirty years, not only caused enormous changes in China's interior but also created a miracle in the history of global economic development. Now, China's reform and opening up is at a crucial stage, and a resurgent China has become an important factor influencing current global political and economic trends. The Chinese see reform and opening up not only as a monumental national event but also as something deeply connected to the lives of every individual, while foreigners consider it a reason for making China more accessible and familiar than ever before. However, understanding this great historical transformation with its many intertwined threads is not easy at all, whether for those who have lived through it firsthand or those who have observed it from afar.