Q & A

David Aikman, chief representative officer for China at the World Economic Forum, believes Summer Davos will help address the challenges facing the global economy. He spoke to China Daily reporter Zheng Xin about how the Belt and Road Initiative has become a new model for international cooperation, and why globalization remains the best way to lift people out of poverty.

How will the summer meeting, which will highlight the idea of innovation and sustainability, help address the global challenges?

The World Economic Forum meeting will be seeking to take forward two of the most critical agenda items - the need for more inclusive growth strategies and a clearly defined response to the huge wave of disruption that we are about to see as a result of unprecedented technological innovation.