Croatia's former president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic said the world should work together and tread a win-win path to promote global tourism.

It aims to help address climate change and reduce environmental pollution in China, the world's second largest oil consumer and largest oil importer, by reducing oil consumption and helping the oil industry to tread a safe, green, and more efficient path.

Analysts said Tesla should tread its path more carefully in the Chinese market and show respect to its customers, which should be the golden rule for any business.

Analysts say Nissan must tread carefully in China, where it needs to survive fierce competition from other Japanese brands and German companies and to avoid business mistakes because the US market is in turmoil.

In the case of ABS, for example – assuming the same car and tire – a tread pattern optimized to work in synergy with the car's own electronics is able to brake faster.

Also, Daimler will tread carefully when it deals with partners, as Audi's attempt to find a second partner in China resulted in protests and hurt its sales.

However, in today's uncertain climate, with greater scrutiny placed on foreign-sourced IPOs, the watchword for 2020 is to tread carefully.

At the congress last month, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a report and said, "In pursuing modernization, China will not tread the old path of war, colonization, and plunder taken by some countries.