Boosting confidence that development can benefit all

During his meeting with visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday, President Xi Jinping said that people, not just in China but throughout the world, should have confidence that their expectations to live fulfilling lives will be met, and that all countries, both big and small, should work together to give more people the assurance they can enjoy a better future.

In doing so he once again expressed his conviction that countries can cooperate and collaborate to build a global community to address common risks and pursue shared prosperity.

That many people in the world have found themselves on the outside looking in while a few have enjoyed most of the fruits of global openness and trade has sparked a populist backlash against the big bang of globalization and prompted fears it may collapse as a more insular mindset has started to prevail in some places.