President: World's input welcome on exchanges

President Xi Jinping has called on prominent political and economic figures from across the globe to contribute wisdom to promoting China's exchanges with the world and to building a community with a shared future for mankind at a time when the country is close to its victory of eradicating poverty.

Xi made the call in a letter of congratulations on the opening on Friday of the three-day Understanding China Conference 2020 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

This year's gathering is attended offline or online by more than 600 renowned politicians, strategists, scholars and corporate leaders from around the world. It is the fifth in the series of conferences.