China’s Attempt to Attract Foreign Investors at DAVOS Falls Short: Experts

Published on January 21, 2024

News Analysis China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sent a large delegation to this year’s World Economic Forum in an attempt to attract foreign investments to save China’s slumping economy. However, the CCP failed to persuade delegates that its economy is a reliable place to invest due to fundamental structural differences in the economies of centralized vs. liberal, free market systems, as experts pointed out. The delegation sent by the CCP to the Davos Forum, which took place from Jan. 15 to Jan. 19, this time was usually large, with 140 members led by the regime’s Premier Li Qiang, including 10 ministers, chief economic and financial officials, and China’s experts and entrepreneurs....