Every participating state gains positively from the RCEP, though specific benefits to each country may vary. RCEP countries must double their efforts to take the RCEP to a higher level, and the RCEP will keep its door open to the outside world in line with its spirit of open and inclusive regionalism, Kim Won-Soo, former under secretary-general of the UN, said at the RCEP Media & Think Tank Forum held online as well as offline in Haikou, Hainan province, on May 23.

The forum was jointly organized by the Publicity Department of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee, China Daily, China Institute for Reform and Development, and the China Institute for Free Trade Ports with Chinese Characteristics.