On the first day of the Frankfurt Book Fair, China Watch and Guangdong People’s Publishing House prelaunch the publication “The Sleeping Giant Awakens” to mark four decades of reforming of the People’s Republic of China. More than 40 world experts in the field of politics, science and economics have given their vision of China’s opening up policy and comprehensive social reform. At the invitation of the publisher, Dr. Ivona Lađevac, Head of the Regional Centre “One Belt One Road”, spoke as one of the contributors to this publishing project.