What they say

"The current risks and challenges facing the world economy are not byproducts of economic globalization but the result of obsolete concepts of a zero-sum game and winner-takes-all. Globalization is exactly what is required to build an open world economy based on a deep understanding of the spirit of the times and is in line with the trend of the world's increasingly integrated and interdependent economy and politics."

Zhang Yuyan, director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

"Globally imbalanced trade with Africa is a problem for all of our futures. Without high-value trade, without sustainable jobs, these problems will simply get worse. In this context, China has the potential to lead the G20 to shift their trade and investment relationships with African countries and turn this situation around."