XiJinpingmeetswithKlausSchwab,founderandexecutivechairmanoftheWorldEconomicForuminDavosonJanuary17,2017.
XiJinpingholdstalkswithhisSwisscounterpartDorisLeuthardinBernonJanuary16,2017.
XiJinpingmeetswithJurgStahl(secondleft),presidentoftheNationalCouncil,andPresidentoftheCouncilofStatesIvoBischofberger(thirdleft),whoareheadsofthetwochambersoftheSwissparliamentinBernonJanuary16,2017.ONJanuary17,2017,ChinesePresidentXiJinpingcalledforjointeffortstochartthecourseofeconomicglobalizationandforgenewmodelsofglobalgrowth,cooperation,governanceanddevelopment.
Ximadetheremarksinhisaddresstotheopeningplenaryofthe2017annualmeetingoftheWorldEconomicForum(WEF)heldinDavos,Switzerland.HeisthefirstChineseheadofstatetoattendtheDavosmeetings.
Inhisspeech,XipledgedthatChinawillkeepitsdoorwideopenandadvanceconstructionoftheFreeTradeAreaoftheAsia-PacificandnegotiationsoftheRegionalComprehensiveEconomicPartnership,thustoformaglobalnetworkoffreetradearrangements.
HestressedthatChina鈥檚developmentwillcontinuetobringopportunitiestothebusinesscommunitiesofothercountries.Inthecomingfiveyears,ChinaisexpectedtoimportgoodstothevalueofUS$8trillion,attractUS$600billioninforeigninvestment,andmakeoutboundinvestmentstotalingUS$750billion.
Amidarisingtideofglobalconcernaboutprotectionism,anti-globalizationsentiment,andothereconomicandpoliticalissues,Xi鈥檚presenceinDavosimbuesitwithChinesewisdomandexperience,andbearstremendoushistoricsignificance,WEFfounderandExecutiveChairmanKlausSchwabsaid.
XimadehisdebutoverseastripthisyeartoSwitzerlandonJanuary15.DuringtalksbetweenthepresidentsofChinaandSwitzerland,bothsidesagreedtoboosttiesandjointlyopposetradeprotectionism.WhenhemetwiththeheadsofthetwochambersoftheSwissparliament,Xihailedinter-parliamentaryexchangesinpromotingbilateralrelations.
InadditiontotheDavosmeeting,thestatevisittoSwitzerlandalsoincludedvisitstosomeinternationalorganizations.