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Xi lights up path ahead for better global governance

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, Jan 18, 2017. Xi, the first top leader from China at the forum, delivered a highly anticipated keynote speech in which he highlighted the three key challenges that need to be addressed to revive the sluggish global economy, namely its lack of a driving force for growth, ineffective global economic governance, and imbalanced development. Xi's speech in Davos was also of great symbolic significance, representing, as it did, not only the rise of China, but also the awakening of the developing countries as a whole in pursuit of a fairer global order. Under Xi's down-to-earth leadership, China has weathered many unpredictable challenges since he first took over the helm of state five years ago, and it has initiated many reforms, aimed not only at invigorating its economy, but also its governing system. Xi's speech in Davos sent a rest-assured message to the world that China is a reliable partner and a responsible member of the international community.

China Daily

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