Reference News Network, March 11 report: On March 9, the Spanish daily newspaper "El Mundo" published an article titled "China Promotes the Construction of a Unified National Market to Establish 'World Standards' and Enhance Global Influence," written by Isidro Ambros. The article is translated as follows:

The draft outline of China's 14th Five-Year Plan points out that China will deepen the construction of a unified national market to ensure that China's vast market advantage continues to play an important role. This second-largest economy in the world hopes to make good use of its huge domestic market scale of 1.4 billion people, transforming it into a lever for leading global trade and technology.

China has realized that the world has entered a new era of international relations. China understands that merely being the "world factory" is no longer enough. To exert global influence, it must go further. Therefore, China is committed to building a domestic market with unified operating rules and hopes to establish it as a "world standard" to cope with pressure from the West and enhance its own economic development strength.

The challenges are unprecedented. China hopes that by building a unified national market, it can break down all kinds of restrictions that hinder national development. For decades, China's economic miracle has largely relied on the fierce competition between provinces. The past production model was effective, thanks to abundant labor and smooth financing channels, allowing China's economy to maintain rapid growth for many years. However, this model is undergoing fundamental changes. Real estate problems have caused difficulties for local finances. Through the "14th Five-Year Plan," China aims to break the current pattern, set new rules, and lay the foundation for doubling per capita GDP by 2035 compared to 2020.

China's goal is to compete with other countries around the world as a whole and eventually occupy a leading position globally. China believes that without establishing a set of unified rules, standards, and markets to replace the current fragmented regulatory barriers, this goal will be difficult to achieve.

This fragmented pattern, divided by countless rules, leads to inefficiency and high costs, seriously affecting corporate competitiveness.

As early as during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the Chinese government had already proposed this goal. China is not only pursuing improvements in the domestic market but also plans to promote its norms overseas. China hopes that enterprises (both domestic and foreign) will automatically adopt the operating rules of the unified national market and apply them comprehensively. This model will help "Chinese standards" become the default global norm.

This is an ambitious plan. If China successfully builds a unified domestic market and establishes unified rules in areas such as artificial intelligence, data flow, and green energy, it will be a key step toward global leadership. Global companies will face a choice: either adopt Chinese technology standards or give up the world's largest market. For them, this is no small matter.

In addition, the formulation of these "standard rules" will also help Chinese enterprises go global. If China successfully turns its rules into "world standards," it will make it easier for domestic enterprises to enter other markets by relying on a set of verified rules.

The construction of a unified national market is no easy task. If this goal is successfully achieved, China will take an important step in building its global influence. (Translated by Wang Meng)

This photo was taken on June 20, 2025, showing the dock in the Dongxiang area of Tianjin Free Trade Zone (aerial view). As China's first free trade pilot zone in the north, the Tianjin Free Trade Zone celebrated its tenth anniversary of挂牌 this April. (Xinhua News Agency)

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