President Xi Jinping urges the "solidarity and cooperation of the international community" to eradicate the Covid-19 pandemic, during his speech at the "Davos Agenda 2022", virtual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF)

President Xi Jinping urges the "solidarity and cooperation of the international community" to eradicate the Covid-19 pandemic, during his speech at the "Davos Agenda 2022", virtual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF).

He further added that "the facts have shown once again that in the midst of the furious torrents of a global crisis, people do not travel separately on about 190 small boats, but are rather all on a giant ship on which our common destiny revolves. ".

To this end, Xi cited the need to work on "true multilateralism", as well as "on opening and not on closing".

Economic globalization "is the trend of the times. Although there may be contrary currents in a river, none can prevent it from flowing towards the sea", he said, adding that "we should seek integration, not decoupling", aware that "different countries and civilization can thrive together in mutual respect, seeking common ground and overcoming differences. "

The way "is dialogue, inclusiveness instead of exclusion and opposition to any form of unilateralism, protectionism, hegemony or politics of power".

"History has shown several times that confrontation does not solve problems, it only leads to catastrophic consequences." The Chinese president warned of the risks of a "zero-sum at the expense of others" approach, as well as "exclusive courtyards with high walls" or "parallel systems for putting together small exclusive circles or blocks that polarize the world". Fostering "ideological antagonism and politicizing economic, scientific and technological issues will seriously weaken international efforts against common challenges".