On January 17, President Xi Jinping attended the World Economic Forum 2022 Virtual Session in Beijing and delivered a speech titled "Forge Ahead with Confidence and Fortitude to Jointly Create a Better Post-COVID World."

CGTN Stringer has invited Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, a Pakistani analyst and professor of the School of Politics and International Relations at Quaid-i-Azam University, to give his thoughts on Xi's speech. In the video, he says that "without multilateral approach we cannot prosper."