<p>Sounds right. Something along the line 对外资开放, which means give access to foreign investments.</p>

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2019-04-18T14:31:33.440Z
2019-04-18T14:31:33.440Z
jf328
<p>to check that 开放 works find example phrases at online dictionaries, e.g. iciba, bkrs, submitting e.g. "opening to outside" get 对外开放
[法]open door to the outside world；  [法]open to the outside world；   [法]opening to the outside world + many more examples, also note Chinese motto (邓小平)<strong>改革开放</strong>
find many more examples for 开放 at bkrs</p>

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2019-04-18T16:20:44.713Z
2019-04-18T16:20:44.713Z
user6065
<p>Or you can say in the literal sense, that 他打开了中国的大门。or 他向外商投资打开了中国的大门。</p>

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2019-04-18T14:54:52.467Z
2019-04-18T14:54:52.467Z
Xuehong Zhang
<p>I'm writing about certain historical leaders of China, and I'd like to say something along the lines of "he opened China to foreign investment" or "he opened China to foreign influence", etc. I can translate it except for the "opened", part. I know 开 means to literally open something, like a door, and I've put my sentence into various online translators and gotten "开放" for "open" in context. Does that work or should I use something else?</p>

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Metaphorical "opening" translation
# Metaphorical "opening" translation

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-18)

I'm writing about certain historical leaders of China, and I'd like to say something along the lines of "he opened China to foreign investment" or "he opened China to foreign influence", etc. I can translate it except for the "opened", part. I know 开 means to literally open something, like a door, and I've put my sentence into various online translators and gotten "开放" for "open" in context. Does that work or should I use something else?

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-18. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Sounds right. Something along the line 对外资开放, which means give access to foreign investments.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-04-18. Score: 0

to check that 开放 works find example phrases at online dictionaries, e.g. iciba, bkrs, submitting e.g. "opening to outside" get 对外开放
[法]open door to the outside world； [法]open to the outside world； [法]opening to the outside world + many more examples, also note Chinese motto (邓小平)**改革开放**
find many more examples for 开放 at bkrs


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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-04-18. Score: 0

Or you can say in the literal sense, that 他打开了中国的大门。or 他向外商投资打开了中国的大门。


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