At the invitation of Klaus Schwab, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, and the governments of Switzerland and the Netherlands, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang will attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos, Switzerland and visit Switzerland and the Netherlands from January 19 to 24.
CCTV: You just announced that Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang will attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025. Can you share with us more details on his program and China’s expectation for the meeting?
Guo Jiakun: World Economic Forum, known as a world economic bellwether, is one of the most influential non-official economic forums in the world. President Xi Jinping attended the forum for three times and delivered important remarks. He sent a strong message of supporting economic globalization, safeguarding and practicing multilateralism, and jointly creating a better world. Under the theme of “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age,” the meeting invites relevant parties to discuss how to enhance cooperation and jointly seize the opportunities for development in the intelligent age. Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang will deliver a special address at the opening plenary of the annual meeting.
By attending the annual meeting, China looks forward to strengthening exchanges and communication with other parties, enhancing understanding and trust, pooling consensus for cooperation, upholding true multilateralism, jointly advocating an equal and orderly multipolar world and a mutually beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, and contributing to improving global economic governance and boosting world economic growth.
CRI: Could you share with us the arrangement for Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang’s visits to Switzerland and the Netherlands? What’s China’s comment on its current relations with Switzerland and the Netherlands and expectation of the visits?
Guo Jiakun: This year marks the 75th anniversary of China-Switzerland diplomatic ties. President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Switzerland in 2017, a full success, has brought bilateral relations to a new, historic height. During the visit to Switzerland, Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang will respectively have a meeting and talks with President of the Swiss Confederation and Head of the Federal Department of Finance Karin Keller-Sutter and Vice President of the Federal Council and Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research Guy Parmelin. They will have an exchange of views on bilateral relations, mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, and international and regional issues. Through this visit, China looks forward to further implementing the important common understandings between the two leaders, working with Switzerland to start the celebration of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties, better enhancing political mutual trust, strengthening bilateral and multilateral cooperation, and working for higher quality and efficiency in the China-Switzerland innovative strategic partnership.
China and the Netherlands are major economies and trading powerhouses in the world. The Netherlands has long been a “gateway” to China-EU cooperation. In recent years, our open and practical comprehensive cooperative partnership has made steady progress, and exchanges and cooperation in various fields have produced fruitful results, which have benefited the two peoples. China looks forward to having an in-depth exchange of views with the Netherlands on bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest, enhancing mutual understanding and trust, unlocking the potential of cooperation, expanding people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and achieving new progress in China-Netherlands relations.