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How did WEF Come into Being?
• European Management Forum • The World Economic Forum
What does WEF do?
Invited-only annual meeting The end of each January In Davos, Switzerland
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WEF (Davos)
the Annual meeting of the New Champions In each summer
Alternatively in Dalian and Tianjin, China
the forum of Young Global Leaders
Davos and China
Why is WEF also called
Davos
• From its very beginning, an annual meeting has been held in Davos, a small town on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps. Therefore, the World Economic Forum is usually called “Davos”.
• In September, 2007 , the first "Summer Davos" Forum was held in Dalian
Summer Davos in Dalin-themes
2007: Shifting Power Equation(平衡) 2009: Relaunching （重振） Growth 2011: Shared Norms for the New Reality 2013： Resilient （弹性的）Dynamism（活力）
Entrepreneurship in the global public interest
What is WEF?
• A non-profit(非盈利的 ) independent international organization improve the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic（学术的）, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas （议程）
Summer Davos in Tianjin-themes
2008：
The Next Wave of Growth 2010： Driving Growth through Sustainability （持续） 2012 ：
Creating the Future Economy 2014：Remodeling pattern of the world of politics, business and society
• Since 1979, China has maintained good cooperative relations with the World Economic Forum.
• In June, 2006, the Beijing representative office of the World Economic Forum was set up
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European Management Forum
• In 1971 , founded by Klaus Schwab, a German-born business professor at the University of Geneva
• In 1973, political leaders invited for the first time.
The World Economic Forum
• In 1987, "European Management Forum", changed its name to the World Economic Forum