(International Observation) Changes in Davos Forum: More than "white snow" turned into "green grass"

　　China News Agency, Davos, May 27th: Changes in the Davos Forum: More than "white snow" has become "green grass"

　　China News Agency reporter De Yongjian

　　"A very warm welcome" (warm welcome), walking in the Davos forum venue, this slogan makes people smile - the host is obviously joking with the original meaning of "warm".

　　From May 22 to 26, Davos at the turn of spring and summer will welcome the 2022 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting (Davos Forum).

Since its inception in 1971, this is the first time that the Davos Forum has held a meeting in May instead of January.

　　Davos faced this change with humor, but it was inevitably mixed with bitterness.

Since the last annual meeting was held in January 2020, the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic has forced the Davos Forum to be suspended for two years; this forum was originally scheduled to be held in January this year, and did not want to coincide with the mutated new coronavirus Omicron strain in the world Spread, the session had to be postponed.

　　The charm of Davos is also being tested.

For a long time, the Davos Forum has been famous for bringing together global political, business, academic elites and celebrities. People shuttled through the forum's endless meetings, not only sitting and discussing in public, but also making friends and expanding personal connections in private; there is no face-to-face communication. , it is impossible to talk about the "harvest" of these participants.

　　It is not only necessary to prevent and control the epidemic, but also need to hold offline meetings, and we can only strive to strike a balance between the two.

At a time when Western countries are generally relaxing epidemic prevention measures, this forum requires all participants to submit a new crown vaccination certificate and a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 72 hours, and must undergo a nucleic acid test again within 24 hours after registration. The certificate will be invalid.

　　The new crown pneumonia epidemic has made the Davos Forum "into the spring", and the current global geopolitical situation has made the Davos Forum "into the politics".

"Geopolitical risk" has become the primary topic of this forum. From the opening on the 23rd to the closing on the 26th, relevant discussions are carried out throughout.

　　In the meeting announcement released on the 26th, the Davos Forum called "global frictions and rifts deepened", and leaders of various countries are "responding to new situations at an unprecedented historical moment"; focusing on this, World Economic Forum President Brende The closing speech emphasized that joint action is better than selfishness, and called for rebuilding a "win-win world" rather than "beggar-thy-neighbor".

　　With the current soaring global food prices and energy prices, the Davos Forum also "goes into people's livelihood".

After the 2008 financial crisis, the Davos Forum has been criticized by "elite clubs" and "rich people's parties". Many issues are accused of having nothing to do with ordinary people, and even if a consensus is reached, it is difficult to implement.

　　At the opening ceremony of this forum, Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, pointed out that due to factors such as high inflation and low economic growth, tens of millions of people around the world may fall into poverty or even die of famine. The forum paid special attention to issues such as the food crisis; Beasley, executive director of the United Nations World Food Program, said at the forum that if the situation is allowed to develop, there will be problems with the global food supply in the next 10 to 12 months.

　　On the other hand, Birol, director of the International Energy Agency, called for efforts to promote energy conservation and emission reduction while increasing the supply of oil and gas in the market in response to the energy shock caused by the situation in Russia and Ukraine, including appropriately lowering the temperature of heaters, renovating buildings and raising energy efficiency, etc.

　　However, according to the participants, due to factors such as the change of guests, there was not much discussion on people's livelihood issues in this forum, and the response was also limited. The distance between people, so as to obtain long-term vitality.

　　Or coincidentally, the theme of this year's Davos Forum is "Government Policies and Corporate Strategies at a Turning Time in History"; where will the future "turn"?

This question appears not only to be answered by governments and businesses around the world, but also by Davos itself.

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