Chinese vice president to visit Switzerland, attend WEF

Vice President Wang Qishan will visit Switzerland and attend the World Economic Forum's 2019 meeting in Davos from Jan 21 to 24.

During his attendance at the WEF annual meeting, Wang will deliver a speech, meet with WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab and exchange views with those attending the meeting.

This year's conference, which will be held from Jan 22-25, will focus on "Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution".

Participants include around 3,000 people drawn from all over the world and from every sphere of influence: business, government, civil society, academia, arts and culture, and media.