Guests attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2025 have praised China's role in promoting international trade and investment cooperation and its achievements in technological innovation, and green development, expressing their hopes to deepen friendly cooperation with China in these areas and many more.
In an interview with China Central Television (CCTV) in Davos, Switzerland, Said bin Mohammed bin Ahmed al-Saqri, the Omani Minister of Economy, commended China's ongoing contributions to global economic and trade cooperation, including through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), of which Oman was an early signatory.
"We hope Oman and China will push for global cooperation when it comes to trade and investment and bilateral trade. Oman was one of the very first countries that signed the [Belt and Road Initiative], between Oman and China. And we think this is a great initiative. It will bring about prosperity, not only to China and Oman, of course, but to the world. So, we stand behind this initiative. We think it is very important and it is very positive and useful for the rest of the world," he said.
Chakri Gottemukkala, co-founder and CEO of o9 Solutions, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider, also told CCTV that China has been a champion in innovation.
"We are already working with Chinese companies and we have global companies that have big manufacturing operations and markets in China, so we can hope to continue that partnership. I think there are a lot of innovation going on, of course, in China. And I think they recognized us as a partner who can not only bring our best practices to the equation, but also co-innovate in some areas, and that partnership is really, really fruitful for both sides," he said.
Marco Lambertini, special envoy of World Wildlife Fund International, said that China, as a leader in green tech, is poised to play a pivotal role in the global efforts to respond to climate change.
"In climate terms, it's an incredible result. Without mentioning that you have been in the early 2000s [when] the country that crashed the price of solar energy thanks to the investment that you made domestically and the export of technology abroad. China continues to steam ahead, and I think you have the chance, the opportunity, but also the responsibility, to continue to be a leader," said Lambertini, who sits on the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development.
Taking place from Monday to Friday in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos, the WEF Annual Meeting 2025 gathered 3,000 attendees from over 130 countries to address key global and regional challenges, such as responding to geopolitical shocks, stimulating growth to improve living standards, and stewarding a just and inclusive energy transition.
Davos 2025 attendees hope for deeper cooperation with China on trade, innovation, green tech
China saw fruitful scientific and technological innovation achievements during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2020-2025) for national socioeconomic development, effectively supporting the country's high-quality development, said Wang Zhenzhang, former Chinese Minister of Science and Technology, on Saturday.
Wang, also a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, made the statement at a group interview on the sidelines of the ongoing 4th annual session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee in Beijing, where he elaborated on China's sci-tech innovation achievements in the 2021-2025 period.
"During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, China's sci-tech innovation yielded a large number of outstanding achievements. For example, in that period of time, China's high-speed train met the target of running at a maximum speed of 450 kilometers per hour, making people's travel faster and more convenient. Additionally, in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), embodied intelligence and multimodal AI assistants, there have been many highlights," Wang said.
In the field of quantum technology, China has achieved a series of new breakthroughs in quantum communication, quantum computing, and quantum measurement, while previous sci-tech innovations in the sector of new energy have been transformed into emerging and leading industries, he said.
During 2021-2025 period, the number of researchers in China kept expanding, with improving professional capabilities. In addition to effectively addressing scientific questions and overcoming technical challenges, they also succeeding in precisely grasping the direction and priorities of the sci-tech frontiers, he said.
He specifically outlined the role that China's sci-tech enterprises played in this course.
"During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, China's sci-tech enterprises strengthened their capabilities in technological innovation and results application. In that period of time, they also emerged as a powerful new force in basic research," Wang said.
In those five years, China also made significant progress in R&D investment and improvement of the research ecosystem. This includes substantial advancements in policies and laws related to this sector, as well social consensus on building sci-tech strength, he said.
"In the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), or in a future period of time, achieving greater self-reliance and strength in science and technology remains a top priority in our efforts for realizing [Chinese] modernization. At the same time, we need to enhance opening up and cooperation in science and technology, seeking high-quality development through science and technology, generate new quality productive forces through science and technology, and pursue sustainable development and competitiveness through technological achievements," Wang said.
The 4th annual session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee opened in Beijing on Wednesday and will run through March 11.
China sees fruitful sci-tech innovation achievements in 2021-2025: CPPCC member
