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The best quotes from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2016

"How Innovation Grows" session at #AMNC16 Image: Sikarin Thanachaiary

Henry Taylor
Previously, Lead, Product and Innovation, Digital media, World Economic Forum Geneva

This year's Annual Meeting of the New Champions has come to a close in Tianjin, China. Here's a selection of top quotes from some of the sessions.

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