On January 23, 2019, Vice President Wang Qishan delivered a speech at the 2019 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. He said that many foreign friends have often put this question to me: What has made it possible for China to achieve so much in development and progress? And how will a stronger China engage the rest of the world? Well, these questions can be answered from historical, cultural and philosophical perspectives. Given the close linkage between the past, the present and the future, one needs to learn about China’s past in order to understand its present and forecast its future.

China’s Vice President Wang Qishan [File photo: VCG]