The 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2025 is scheduled from June 24 to 26 in north China's Tianjin Municipality, with the number of participants expected to reach a record high, according to the organizers on Tuesday.
Also known as the Summer Davos, this major gathering of global business leaders is an annual event organized by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
This year's event had already attracted more than 1,700 registered attendees from 90-plus countries and regions as of Tuesday afternoon, indicating the meeting's growing influence and the attraction of China's super-large-scale market, according to the WEF's office in Beijing.
Themed "Entrepreneurship for a New Era," this year's Summer Davos forum will focus on topics concerning China and Asia, exploring how regional development, emerging technologies and ever-evolving supply chains are reshaping industries worldwide.
The forum is expected to see the release of the latest research findings, including the 2025 Energy Transition Index, the Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report, and the Future Tourism Report.
The WEF holds its annual meeting every January in the town of Davos in the Swiss Alps, which has earned the name "Davos Forum." The annual gathering of the WEF's New Champions community, held alternately in China's port cities of Tianjin or Dalian every summer, is therefore called "Summer Davos."
The Annual Meeting of the New Champions was established in 2007 as an initiative to spotlight emerging economies and future-oriented businesses. It has grown into a global platform for economic dialogue highlighting the participation of companies with innovative business models and technologies that drive sustainable growth.
2025 Summer Davos set for June 24-26, focusing on entrepreneurship, global growth
China is willing to strengthen communication, enhance trust, eliminate interference, and deepen cooperation with Canada to bring bilateral relations forward on a steady and sound track in solid strides under the new circumstances, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand in Beijing on the day.
Referring to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to China, the first by a Canadian prime minister in eight years, Wang said the trip marks a milestone in bilateral ties and signals a turning point in the relationship.
The leaders of the two countries will hold meetings and talks, which are expected to open up new prospects for bilateral relations, said Wang.
The world today is undergoing profound and complex changes, and the impact of China-Canada relations transcends the bilateral scope, Wang noted.
Wang said that China and Canada have different social systems, stemming from different historical and cultural heritage, and based on the choices of their respective people.
He urged both sides to view each other in a rational and amicable manner with an inclusive mindset, handle issues on the basis of mutual respect, focus on the agenda of cooperation, and send positive messages so as to foster optimism, inject greater confidence into the development of bilateral relations, and jointly build a new type of strategic partnership between China and Canada.
Anand said the new Canadian government attaches great importance to relations with China. She also added that Prime Minister Carney looks forward to engaging in in-depth exchanges with Chinese leaders during the visit to set the course for the development of bilateral relations, resume dialogue in various fields, pursue more mutually beneficial outcomes, enhance coordination and cooperation in multilateral affairs, and further advance the strategic partnership between the two countries.
China ready to work for steady, sound ties with Canada: FM
