World Economic Forum-held a press conference and announced that the first World Economic Forum Growth Summit-Annual Meeting of Global Growth Enterprises will be held in Dalian from September 6 to 8, 2007. Dalian is the first city in China to receive this honor.
The World Economic Forum is also called Davos Forum because it is held in Davos every winter. It is a platform for the world's top 500 enterprises to talk with governments of various countries and regions and discuss global economic issues together. Next year's forum in Dalian will be held in September. The Davos Forum held in winter is sponsored by the same organization, referred to as "China Summer Davos".
The members of Davos Forum include 65,438+0,000 leading companies and enterprises in the world. These multinational companies control more than 86% of the world's wealth, with an annual turnover of more than 4.5 trillion US dollars. As a member of the forum, the annual turnover or assets of the company or enterprise must reach more than $654.38 billion, the representative attending the meeting must be the chairman or president, and the politicians must be on the job. People attending the Davos Forum also include outstanding politicians, scientific and technological wizards who lead the world trend, world-renowned intellectual elites and prestigious experts on international issues.
In 2007, there will be 1 150 business leaders of top companies in the world, 1000 senior officials from various countries and regions, 100 academic leaders, and 50 business journal editors of top international media. It is estimated that about 2000 people attended.
The successful bid for "Summer Davos" made Dalian become attached to the Davos Forum, and Mayor Xia Deren was invited to lead a delegation to attend the World Economic Forum.
654381October 24th, the eastern Swiss city of Davos was once again very lively, and the annual World Economic Forum (also known as "Davos Forum") was held here again. More than 2,400 politicians and business elites from all over the world, as well as academic, religious, cultural and civil organizations.
Celebrities will discuss various issues affecting global affairs at the annual meeting. Different from previous years, in this winter, "Davos" began to become attached to Dalian: a delegation of our municipal government headed by Mayor Xia Deren was invited to enter Davos and board the World Economic Forum.
The Dalian delegation was treated with courtesy, and the "Davos Forum" set up an exhibition area for a city for the first time.
The delegation of Dalian Municipal Government was treated with courtesy when it first boarded the World Economic Forum. In this forum, the organizer specially designed and produced the "World Economic Forum Growth Summit" exhibition area. There are two large screens in the exhibition area, and the TV feature film "Dalian, China" and the location map of Dalian in China are scrolled. The person in charge of the conference working group said: "It is the first time in the history of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum to build an exhibition area for a city." Since its opening on the morning of 24th, people have been patronizing Dalian Exhibition Platform. Small souvenirs and publicity materials with China characteristics, such as Dalian Album, brought by the Dalian delegation have been welcomed and praised by people. Many delegates and news media showed great interest in Dalian and "China Summer Davos".
During the meeting, Xia Deren was invited to give keynote speeches at the seminars on "Living in the Urban Age" and "Designing a Sustainable City". An exclusive interview with Xia Deren was broadcast live by CNN.
Taurelle, general manager of Davos Forum: "China fever" continues to heat up in Davos, and "Dalian fever" will start this summer.
The World Economic Forum (Davos Forum) is an unofficial international organization whose purpose is to discuss the problems existing in the world economy and promote international economic cooperation and exchanges. Western media called "Davos Forum" "an unofficial forum with a strict system, which can influence the world political and economic process." /kloc-in the past 0/0 years, the "China fever" continued to heat up in the forum, "because the rapid economic development in China attracted worldwide attention."
On the evening of October 23rd, 65438/kloc-0, the Dalian government delegation entered Davos and saw a publicity box for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum with the word "welcome" written on it and a miniature China flag next to it. At the meeting place, it's easy to find the name "China" by casually looking through the agenda of the forum. The central topics of many meetings are directly related to China. As Dalian won the right to host this year's "Summer Davos", the name "Dalian" has become a household name in this year's "Winter Davos" forum. "I will go to Dalian in September this year to participate in the summer Davos" has become the talk of many people.
Peter Torrell, general manager of Davos Forum, told Xia Deren during the meeting: "The' China fever' will heat up, and Northeast Asia is expected to become a hot spot in the forum next year. There are a large number of growth enterprises in China. The' Summer Davos' held in Dalian in September this year will continue to warm up China in Dalian and make Dalian a' hot spot' that people pay attention to. "
Schwab, Chairman of Davos Forum: "Dalian's potential made Summer Davos choose her."
The World Economic Forum has decided to hold its annual meeting of global growth companies in China from this year. Andre Schneider, executive director of the World Economic Forum, said that the rapid economic development in China and the emergence of a large number of growth companies were the main reasons why the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum Global Growth Companies settled in China.
In mid-June last year, the World Economic Forum set up an office in Beijing, and soon publicly released the bidding information for the "World Economic Forum Global Industry Summit and Global Growth Enterprise Annual Meeting" to be held in China coastal cities in September 2007. More than a dozen large and medium-sized cities across the country participated in the competition. In August last year, the World Economic Forum organized a delegation to Dalian for the site selection of "China Summer Davos" and made a comprehensive and critical inspection of Dalian. On September 12 last year, the World Economic Forum officially informed the Dalian Municipal Government that "2007 China Summer Davos" would be held in Dalian-"Summer Davos" chose Dalian.
Li Howell/KLOC-0, Asia Director of Davos Forum, said when meeting with Xia Deren in Switzerland on October 25th, "We chose Dalian as the host city mainly because we saw the great potential of China enterprises, and they needed to go abroad. At the same time, China's huge market is more attractive to growth enterprises in other countries, and Dalian will become the link between the two. " On the evening of October 25th, 65438/KLOC-0, after the opening ceremony of "Night in Dalian, China" held by the China Municipal Government, Schwab, the chairman of the forum, walked up to Xia Deren with a glass and emphasized what he said in his speech: "In summer, Davos chose Dalian not only because it is a city that has set international standards in innovation and environmental protection in China, but also because it is a city with great development potential. The theme of' Summer Davos' is' potential' and' growth'. "
Richter, chairman of Eurasia International Conception Group: "I am looking forward to going to Dalian this summer and looking forward to our cooperation."
The delegation of Dalian Municipal Government entered the "Winter Davos", which gave Dalian an opportunity to contact with the international community at a higher level, and also made many international companies and celebrities know about Dalian. During the "Winter Davos", Xia Deren met with a group of leaders of Fortune 500 companies and some national dignitaries. Some people even visited Xia Deren because "Summer Davos" settled in Dalian, expressing their desire to participate in "Summer Davos" and their desire to cooperate with Dalian.
Headquartered in Switzerland, Eurasia International Conception Group is known as the world's top business strategy consulting company. When meeting with Xia Deren, Frank Richter, chairman of the board of directors, said, "The Swiss Davos left a deep impression on Dalian. I am looking forward to going to Dalian this summer and attending the Summer Davos Forum. At the same time, I look forward to a more comprehensive understanding of this charming city and discussing our cooperation with you. "
Barrett, chairman of Intel's board of directors, said at a small meeting with Xia Deren on the evening of October 26th, 65438/KLOC-0, "I will go to Dalian to attend the Summer Davos in person this summer." He suggested that in the future, Intel should maintain regular communication with Dalian so that the cooperation between Intel and Dalian can be deepened.
Moss of Gulfstream Aerospace Company, known as the world leader in commercial shipping, said: "I admire Dalian's many achievements. Although I am not from Dalian, I am proud of people's high evaluation of her. I must go to Dalian this summer. "
Indian Minister of Industry Kumar said: "The rapid development of Dalian's software information industry has aroused my strong interest in her, and I hope that Dalian and India will be closely linked through the power of industrial transformation." Dana, director of Ericsson International Consulting Company, hopes to send him an invitation letter to Davos in summer through Dalian Municipal Government. He said humorously, "Can we go through the back door? I also want to go to Dalian. " Xia Deren said that this should be approved by the Davos Forum.
Jergens, general representative of Davos Forum China: "If we bring the Davos Forum to Dalian, we will definitely bring Dalian to the world."
In Davos, someone told the members of the Dalian delegation that the "Davos Forum" filled an economic bottle with political, cultural and social wine-it packed the leaders of the most famous companies in the world's major industrial fields, the decision makers of the new generation of global economic circles, celebrities in the fields of politics, economy, science, society, science and technology, and leaders of countries and international organizations into the forum, so that the actions at the forum were enough to influence the whole world; The forum attaches great importance to the spread of this bottle of wine, which attracts the most influential media in the world: media tycoons Murdoch and Forbes brothers are frequent visitors, CNN and BBC specialize in live broadcast, and internationally renowned media hosts often report special conferences in their own names.
Guimil Juergens, general representative of Davos Forum in China, told Xia Deren: "If we bring the Davos Forum to Dalian, we will definitely bring Dalian to the world." Stride towards the world and "build Dalian into an important international city in Northeast Asia"-this is exactly what we need.
Andrei Schneider, executive director of Davos Forum, said: "The goal of Summer Davos is to develop it into a large-scale international conference with the same scale and influence as the annual meeting of Winter Davos." The World Economic Forum promised that the "Summer Davos" to be held in Dalian in September this year will operate in the form of a foundation. It is estimated that there will be 65,438+065,438+050 leaders of global top 65,438+0000 enterprises, 65,438+000 senior government officials of countries and regions and 65,438+000 academic leaders. The Swiss town of Davos is famous for hosting the World Economic Forum. I believe that "Summer Davos" will also make the world know more about Dalian and bring greater development opportunities to Dalian.
On the "Night in Dalian, China" held by the government of China in Davos on October 25th, 65438, State Councilor Hua Jianmin said to the guests, "We are ready to host the summer Davos, and we are full of confidence in her success." Schwab said positively, "I believe that China, Dalian and Davos in summer will definitely surpass Davos in winter." Xia Deren told everyone: "At that time, the first-class service level in Dalian will definitely give you a surprise, and the beautiful Dalian will definitely leave a good impression on friends from all over the world.