January 15, 2017

"Chinese President Xi Jinping is paying a state visit to Switzerland from Sunday to Wednesday and will attend the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos. He is also expected to visit the UN headquarters in Geneva, the World Health Organization and the International Olympic Committee.

This is the first time that a Chinese head of state will attend the Davos forum, which has raised people's eyebrows around the world, attracting a great deal of media coverage.

The importance of China's engagement with the world has become more and more prominent. Now China is the world's second-largest economy. The outside world cares about China's future trajectory, what China's downward economic trend means and whether the new round of economic reforms can succeed. Given that globalization is facing multifaceted challenges, what China's attitude is and whether it can offer new impetus to economic globalization is the focus of attention."

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