Xi Jinping, the leader of China, visits Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in Redmond in 2015. (Flickr Photo / Gov. Jay Inslee)
Xi is a leader who will "make China thrive in the digital age, while his speech touched on strengthening infrastructure networks and developing advanced manufacturing through the integration of the internet, big data and artificial intelligence", Gambardella said.
Wuthrich believes that curling is a sport for the masses, rather than only for the privileged. "You see, more than 1.2 million people are regularly playing curling among the over 30 million population in Canada. How could this be a privileged sport?"
Xi made the remarks when meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel after the conclusion of this year's summit in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.
Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, is a fertile land for digital trade with its advantages of market, production factors, science and education, Lu Yong, vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, said at the event.
Xi said that the ongoing fight against COVID-19 provides a practical examination of the effectiveness of reforms of the national defense system and the military, and also poses new challenge to such reforms.
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Xi tells international meeting of nation's focus on the effort
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, delivers a speech when meeting the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Oct 25, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]
Xi made the remarks while meeting Vincent Siew, honorary chairman of the Taiwan-based Cross-Straits Common Market Foundation, who is attending the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference.
Xi called on all related parties to work together to create conditions for the resumption of talks over the Korean Peninsula situation.