I am a movie lover. A movie director I admire a lot was once asked to unveil the secret of his success: 

He said, "When I was a kid, there was no collaboration. It was you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, film-making is all about appreciating the surrounding talents and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself." 

To me, what he said is not limited to movie making, but the essence of leadership in any of the fields that we are talking about today.

With the visit by US President Donald Trump to Asia this week, leadership qualities will be demonstrated and also tested in the full glare of the world's media. In respect to the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, for example, the last thing the world wants to see is a military conflict that would have the potential to be spiraling out of control engulfing the whole Northeast Asian region. 

Now when it comes to the Korean Peninsula, China and Russia have both declared their support of the "double-suspension" plan: namely putting a halt to both provocative actions and words coming from all sides, while concentrating efforts on dialogue to avert a crisis. Leaders have to be strong-minded and clear-minded, not to let the urgency of an emergency get in the way of finding solutions. A leader needs to address the legitimate concerns of all parties, friend or foe.

For trade, one cannot thrive without the others. One side cannot prosper without opening up its doors to the other side too. When China enters into a new era, the internal needs for further reform and opening up should be combined. And these must be beautifully combined to make better things happen. And that could be a win-win.

There are other essential leadership qualities too, for example, to create visions based on facts, and be able to rally and move a crowd. From international governance to peace and stability, from looking for new growth engines to leaving no one left behind, political leaders cannot shy away from any of these roles. Indeed, they have not, at least most of them have not. Ideas are being perfected as we speak, whether it is about the Belt and Road Initiative, the AIIB, or APEC meets ASEAN and budding trade mechanisms of various scales. But will they be able to be better developed and brainstormed by all this time?

This week, the world’s attention turns to the visit by Trump, who is destined to be a unique president in American history. As a journalist, I am excited about it because this is an event where political leaders, including President Trump, show their true colors. They will demonstrate who they really are in front of the whole world and if they have the qualities to lead…and hopefully, the qualities to lead together.

And this is Wei, the World, our World. I am going to see you soon from Da Nang, Vietnam, for the APEC meeting.

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 Adviser to UNDP.)