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On today's program, China's top official at the Davos meeting in Switzerland has called for a multilateral effort to promote open and inclusive development.
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China celebrates the Little New Year a week ahead of Spring Festival.
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Chinese Vice Premier Ding Shuisheng has urged the global community to uphold multilateralism and promote open and inclusive development.
He made the remarks in a speech at this year's World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos.
Wang Tianyu has more from the Swiss city.
This year's Davos meeting is themed Collaboration for the Intelligent Age.
The event has brought together nearly 3,000 leaders from over 130 countries.
It's expected to address global challenges and explore emerging opportunities.
At the opening ceremony, Klaus Schrupp, the founder of the firm, said in his speech that the world has to come face to face with an erosion of trust in society, calling for global collaborative work to regain trust.
This can only be achieved if we genuinely address the existential fears of so many, the fears of marginalized, the fears of those who are afraid of accelerating environmental degradation, and the fears of those who worry about being left out in the transition to the Intelligent Age.