What they say

Under President Xi's leadership, with the 40 years of experience, I believe China can advance three dimensions of reform. Namely, sustainable reform, comprehensive reform and global governance reform. As both an observer and a participant, I have witnessed the process of China upgrading from poor and isolated to prosperous and interconnected in 40 years of reforms and opening-up.

Bernard Dewit, chairman of the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce

We want to have a global world and a multilateral world, but the changes in the world make us think that there are countries that want to withhold multilateralism in the global decision-making process. We want a multilateral world, and those of us capable of cooperating positively can give our citizens better lives. There have been many examples when China positively contributed to the global economy, such as in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, when China helped the world come out of recession.