Chinese premier to attend Summer Davos Forum next week

Premier Wen Jiabao will attend and address the opening ceremony of the sixth Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as Summer Davos Forum, on Sept. 11 in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced Tuesday.

The forum was created according to a joint proposal by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Chinese government. Northern Chinese port cities of Dalian and Tianjin have hosted the forum in turn since 2007.