Courtesy(chinadialogue Ma Tianjie 16.01.2017 中文版本 0 comments China shows how investment in renewables can drive economic growth and create millions of jobs, writes Ma Tianjie President Xi at Davos urges Trump to stay in "hard won" Paris climate agreement. (Image from World Economic Forum ) At the pre-meeting press conference of the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos, Professor Klaus Schwab, the founder of this high-profile annual meeting of global political, business and civil society leaders, started with a bleak depiction of the past year. “The mounting backlash against the effect of economic globalisation, especially in industrial democracies, is threatening a very disruptive impact on economic activities and social stabilities in many countries,” he said. As world leaders convene in the secluded Swiss town of Davos, which gives the conference its name, they will have to confront a disturbing global landscape of emerging populist mov