China’s vice-president vows to keep ‘strategic focus’ amid mounting challenges of trade war
- Wang Qishan makes unusual appearance at the ‘non-government’ Imperial Springs International Forum in Guangzhou
- The closest aide to President Xi Jinping says the mainland will strive to lead ‘economic globalisation’ and open its market wider despite ongoing US trade war
Vice-President Wang Qishan said China will maintain its “strategic focus” and will not abandon its economic model, at a time when the country is facing an increasingly hostile external environment due to the trade war with the United States.
Wang told an event in Guangzhou on Monday that China would strive to be a leader in ‘economic globalisation’ and pledged support for the multilateral economic system.
Wang, the closest aide to President Xi Jinping and a historian by training, was making a rare appearance at a “non-government” event, the Imperial Springs International Forum in Guangzhou.
We must conform to the historical trend and maintain strategic focus to adapt and lead economic globalisation.
At last year’s event, the most senior government speaker was Li Xi, the Communist Party Secretary for Guangdong. The presence of such a senior official is indicative of the gravity of the current geopolitical situation.