Xi set agenda in '17 for this year's forum, Davos mayor says

With President Xi Jinping raising the concept of a shared future for mankind at Geneva's United Nations headquarters last year, the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos has made that idea the overarching theme of the four-day gathering in the Swiss ski resort, which began on Tuesday.

Tarzisius Caviezel, mayor of Davos, who received Xi last year, said it is of "great significance" to keep the continuation of the theme at this year's forum, at which up to 70 politicians will speak and US President Donald Trump will make an address on Friday.

"The agenda-setters of the World Economic Forum are responsible for deciding the theme. Of course, they took important points out of President Xi's speech and developed them into the theme of this year's meeting of the World Economic Forum," said Caviezel in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.