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Hipkins said his trip to China focused on stronger economic ties. (Photo: JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images) Hipkins said the focus of his trip to China was about stronger economic ties.
Published January 26, 2021, 8:00 AM
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) plunged by 42 percent in 2020 while China bucked the trend by becoming the world’s top recipient of investment flows.
“A return to positive gross domestic product growth and the government’s targeted investment facilitation program helped stabilize investment after the early lockdown,” said James Zhan, UNCTAD’s director of investment and enterprise.
A child views a light show at the Bund in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 4, 2020.
(Xinhua / Zhang Yuwei)
GENEVA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) Global foreign direct investment (FDI) plunged by 42 percent in 2020, a new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) showed on Sunday, while China bucked the trend becoming the world’s top recipient of investment flows.
Xi champions multilateralism at Davos, takes aim at US policies
Wang Cong Published: Jan 25, 2021 11:51 PM
Highlights of President Xi s speech at Davos Infographic: Xu Zihe/GT
Addressing the World Economic Forum on Monday night, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a stern repudiation of bullying tactics, ideological prejudice and hatred as well as economic decoupling and sanctions, which he warned could push the world into division and confrontation, and offered an inclusive multilateral approach that would guide the world out of darkness. Through the speech, China is also sounding the alarm and offering constructive suggestions for future China-US relations, Chinese observers noted.