There is a sea of differences between the tones and plans given by the President of the US and the President of China. Yes, I am talking about the two speeches, well-known now, that the two leaders delivered at this year’s APEC meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam.

For President Trump, he pledged continuity of the US' policies towards the Asia Pacific region: Friends, partners, and allies. But his blueprint just doesn’t add up, blaming everything and everyone and wrapping it up with the slogan “America First."

His Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping though, offered a totally different set of messages: Deliverables for those in other parts of the world, support for more regional and multilateral trade mechanisms, further reform and opening up with a bigger and freer market.

According to the Chinese President, there are real and important opportunities: The global economy is really coming back to life after years of downward trend. You really do not want to miss that. You do not! China does not.

China is also inviting you to join. China will open up for 2 trillion dollars of inbound investment, while it is investing 2 trillion dollars in the rest of the world in the very near future. And China will host the first ever international import expo in Shanghai next year. Bang, bang, bang, one after another, real, tangible actions coming from China.

For President Trump, he offers some tools too: Punishing those who violate intellectual property rights, as he perceives it, and asking others to mimic him, preferably by inserting their country’s name followed by the word “first."

Before I left the convention center, the place where the head of states addressed the business community, a long line of people in fact, apparently from very different countries, were even lining up, just a stone’s throw away from President Xi Jinping’s entourage when the Chinese delegation prepared to leave for the next event. With cameras in their hand, business brochures in their bags, their eyes twinkled with the kind of excitement and determination that one could only have once hope has restored.

It is likely to be a great weekend in Da Nang I would assume, the sun finally came out after days of a typhoon, and the stormy sea has become calm, even magnificent once again.

I am Tian Wei, this is “Wei, the World”, your world!

(Tian Wei is a former Washington correspondent; now host of "World Insight with Tian Wei," moderating daily live global debates and doing exclusive interviews with the world's most outstanding people from all walks of life. She has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and is passionate about public service: National Ambassador for Mental Health Advocacy, Special Advisor to the UNDP.)