Cooperation highlighted at major forum

Countries should prioritize cooperation over confrontation in addressing shared challenges like protectionism, climate change and economic slowdowns, said trade experts and political figures.

They made the remarks at the Tongzhou Global Development Forum, which was hosted in Beijing recently by Renmin University of China (RUC) and "seeks to offer practical ideas and insights for joint international development", said Lin Shangli, president of RUC.

"In the face of global issues, we need to build consensus, strengthen dialogue, confront conflict rationally and seek win-win cooperation, so as to promote the building of a community with a shared future and build a better world," said Grzegorz W. Kolodko, former deputy prime minister and former minister of finance of Poland.