Shared future seen as 'the only avenue'

International and Chinese observers have welcomed China's aim to further open its economy to foreign partners and work together with the global community to take on issues such as poverty and pollution, as spelled out by Liu He in Davos on Wednesday.

Liu, an economic adviser and a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, told the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum about President Xi Jinping's vision of a community with a shared future for mankind, pursuit of free trade and globalization and China's announcement of new reforms in 2018.

David Murathe, the vice-chairman of the Jubilee Party, Kenya's ruling political party, welcomed Liu's comments.