With China's economic growth forecast to slow down in the second half of the year, the country has posted its weakest economic growth in nearly 30 years following a decrease in demand bot...

Kevin Yao · Reuters 16 Jul 2019

China

10 expert predictions for the next decade in Chinese AI

Despite this year's slowdown in AI investment in China, experts predict a transformative future for the industry.

Nina Xiang 16 Jul 2019

Book Club

An extract from Chen Qiufan's book 'Waste Tide'

Published in 2013, the novel tackles the topic of e-waste in the Guangdong province of China. The author was one of The World Economic Forum's cultural leaders at the Annual Meeting of Ne...

Chen Qiufan 10 Jul 2019

China

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s address to the World Economic Forum in China

Speaking at the 'summer Davos' in Dalian, the Chinese Premier said Beijing is committed to the general direction of economic globalization. Here's his speech in full.

H.E. Li Keqiang 05 Jul 2019

Workforce and Employment

Skills, not job titles, are the new metric for the labour market

A more fine-grained approach to understanding the shifts in today's fast-mutating jobs market is overdue.

Jian Lu 05 Jul 2019

Global Economic Imbalances

Trade uncertainty could hurt economic development worldwide

A study has found that trade uncertainty in the first three months of the year could result in a 0.75% reduction in global growth, as well as having long-term negative impacts on trade an...

Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom, and Davide Furceri · VoxEU 05 Jul 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Shanghai has tough new recycling rules – and it will stop collecting trash from communities that don't comply

The megacity has launched one of China's first recycling schemes as the country looks for ways to tackle its waste.

Charlotte Edmond 03 Jul 2019

Globalization 4.0

What just happened? 5 stories from the World Economic Forum in China

After three days in Dalian covering everything from the future of trade to the history of whales, here's a look back at some of the key moments from this year's Annual Meeting of the New ...

Ceri Parker 03 Jul 2019

Globalization 4.0

Trade war and the future of globalization - top quotes from the World Economic Forum in China

For anyone fearing a relentless trade war between the world's two biggest economies, there was a glimmer of optimism on the eve of this year's Summer Davos: the leaders of China and the U...

Robin Pomeroy 03 Jul 2019

China

Have we reached peak integration between China and the world?

In the past 30 years, China’s opening and reforms have powered its growth, vaulting the economy to its status as the world’s largest in purchasing-power-parity terms. On many dimensions, ...

Jonathan Woetzel , Joe Ngai , and Jeongmin Seong 02 Jul 2019

China

Greening the Belt and Road is essential to our climate's future

China's flagship project will bring much-needed development to many countries – but unless explicit carbon-limiting principles are adopted we have no hope of meeting the Paris Agreement.

Ma Jun 02 Jul 2019

China

The next Google in biotech: will it be Chinese?

The regulatory gray zones of China's biotech ascendancy enter the spotlight at the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China.

Kate Lamb 01 Jul 2019

Technological Transformation

Top quotes on tech monopolies - World Economic Forum in China 2019

Journalists, academics and business leaders gathered to discuss the state of technology monopolies at the start of the World Economic Forum's China meeting.

Jamie Fullerton 01 Jul 2019

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An extract from Chen Qiufan's book 'Waste Tide'

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s address to the World Economic Forum in China

Skills, not job titles, are the new metric for the labour market

Trade uncertainty could hurt economic development worldwide

Shanghai has tough new recycling rules – and it will stop collecting trash from communities that don't comply

What just happened? 5 stories from the World Economic Forum in China

Trade war and the future of globalization - top quotes from the World Economic Forum in China

Have we reached peak integration between China and the world?

Greening the Belt and Road is essential to our climate's future

The next Google in biotech: will it be Chinese?

Top quotes on tech monopolies - World Economic Forum in China 2019

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