China News Agency, Berlin, December 7 (Reporter Peng Dawei) The World Economic Forum announced on the 7th that its 2021 annual meeting will be held offline in Singapore from May 13 to 16 next year, instead of the previously announced Lucerne, Switzerland .
Known as the "Special Annual Meeting", the World Economic Forum's 2021 annual meeting will focus on how the world recovers from the new crown pandemic.
Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum is an international organization dedicated to promoting public-private cooperation.
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (also known as "Winter Davos") is held at the beginning of each year in the small town of Davos in the Swiss Alps. It attracts the participation of important leaders from all walks of life such as global politics and business circles. It is the most influential flagship of the World Economic Forum. activity.
Affected by the new crown epidemic, the World Economic Forum announced in October this year that its 2021 annual meeting will be postponed to May next year, and the location will also be changed from Davos to Lucerne-Bilgenstock, also in Switzerland.
The World Economic Forum said on the 7th that the change of the venue of the annual meeting reflects that the forum puts the protection of the health and safety of participants and residents of the venue first.
He said that after careful consideration and in view of the current global situation of the new crown epidemic, Singapore is considered "the best place to hold the annual meeting."
Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, said that the 2021 special annual meeting will be the first face-to-face meeting of leaders from all walks of life since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic.
He emphasized that public-private cooperation is more than ever needed to rebuild trust and deal with the many problems that will arise in 2020.
Before the special annual meeting in May 2021, the World Economic Forum will host the "Davos Agenda Meeting" online from January 25-29, 2021. At that time, global politicians will give special speeches on the state of the world and meet with business leaders Have a conversation.
Industry leaders and politicians will participate in discussions on how to promote and accelerate public-private cooperation on key issues such as the new crown vaccine, job creation and climate change.
On April 6-7 next year, the World Economic Forum will also host the "Global Technology Governance Summit" in Tokyo.
The World Economic Forum stated that its 2022 annual meeting will return to Davos, Switzerland.
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