China is not seeking a trade surplus and is willing to import more competitive and high-quality products and services to balance trade, Ding Xuexiang, the country's vice premier, said on Tuesday.

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang on Tuesday delivered a special address at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos, Switzerland. The following is the full text of the speech entitled "Keeping to the Right Path of Multilateralism and Promoting Open and Inclusive Development":

China can tap a large software engineer talent pool from its consumer-focused companies, Pan Jian of battery maker CATL told the World Economic Forum.

"We actually no longer call it EV. We call it EIV. 'I' stands for intelligent," Pan Jian, a cochair of CATL, told a WEF panel in Davos, Switzerland.

China does not seek trade surpluses, a top official told the World Economic Forum Tuesday as the next round of U.S. tariffs looms.

The world's political and business leaders have converged on the Swiss resort town of Davos to discuss global challenges. Leaders from China, Ukraine and Germany are taking the stage on day one. Follow DW for more.

US President Donald Trump is scheduled to address the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Annual Meeting 2025 virtually on Thursday at 10:15 PM IST.The summit, underway in Davos, Switzerland, from January 20 to 24,

China is not aiming for a trade surplus and wants to import more high-quality goods to balance international trade, according to Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang. At the World Economic Forum, Ding emphasized that global trade benefits everyone and criticized protectionism,

There will always be border disputes in Asia, and China should not be singled out because of tensions in the South China Sea, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday.

At Yahoo Finance, you get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, social interaction and mortgage rates that help you manage your financial life.

Pope Francis on Thursday urged political, economic and business leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos to keep close oversight of the development of artificial intelligence, warning the technology can exacerbate a growing "crisis of truth".