China bucks trend toward distrust of govts, survey finds

Trust in governments, companies and the media plunged last year as ballots from the United States to the United Kingdom to the Philippines rocked political establishments and scandals hit business.

But as the first Chinese president to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Xi Jinping may be reassured to learn that his government was ranked as the most trusted, with a 76 percent rating among those questioned.

The 3,000 business, political and academic leaders meeting in the Swiss Alps this week find themselves increasingly out of step with many voters and populist leaders around the world who distrust elites.