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The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026, known informally as Summer Davos, held its opening ceremony in Dalian, in Northeast China's Liaoning Province, on June 24.
The session's central message — that greater openness and cooperation are needed amid mounting global uncertainty — emerged from the proceedings as the event's animating theme.
What "Summer Davos" Means Summer Davos is the shorthand for the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions, a gathering that carries the forum's convening weight to an Asian host city rather than the Swiss Alps.
The name matters because it signals institutional standing: when the World Economic Forum assembles somewhere and a theme resonates, participants are on record about their stated posture toward global trade and cooperation.
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