China wasn’t represented on the promenade, and the speech from He Lifeng, the country’s Vice Premier, didn’t dominate headlines. But his message is hard to ignore: China wants to be the world’s stabilizer, a protector of free trade, and defender of the rules-based order. As part of that leadership, he said, China will provide the world with the clean technology necessary to address climate change—a topic barely brought up at Davos. “China will work with all parties to ... ensure the free flow of quality green products globally,” he said on Jan. 20. “We invite enterprises from all over the world to embrace the opportunities from the green and low-carbon transition.”