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The World Economic Forum launches a Davos-like conference in China to discuss how new high-growth companies from developing economies impact the world
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From Davos to Dalian
The growth of dynamic countries such as China is shifting the balance of power in the global economy towards Asia. To acknowledge the growing influence the region’s emerging economies are exerting on global affairs, the World Economic Forum assembled world leaders and chief executives for its first ever annual meeting of the New Champions from September 6-8.
The meeting - a Davos-like conference in Dalian, China - focused on exploring what role a new generation of high-growth multinationals - so-called New Champions forged from the rapid ascent of emerging economies - may play in transforming global business.
View FT.com’s video interviews with CEOs and business leaders who tackled issues such as the subprime credit crunch, China and India, and opportunities in emerging markets.
Video interview - Jiang Jianqing, chairman
of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Jiang Jianqing, chairman of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world’s largest bank by market capitalisation, discusses the bank’s global ambitions in an exclusive FT interview
Video interview - Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP chief executive
Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP, discusses media and marketing in China, the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and acquisition opportunities
Video interview - Samuel DiPiazza, PricewaterhouseCoopers CEO
Samuel DiPiazza, global chief executive of PricewaterhouseCoopers, discusses corporate transparency in China, the subprime credit crunch, and the possibility of mainland Chinese firms rivalling the Big Four accounting firms
Video interview - Wang Jianzhou, China Mobile chairman and CEO
Wang Jianzhou, chief executive of China Mobile, the world’s largest telecoms company by subscribers, discusses opportunities in emerging markets and Rupert Murdoch’s track record in China
Video interview - Malvinder Singh, Ranbaxy chief executive
Malvinder Singh, chief executive of Ranbaxy, India’s largest drugmaker, discusses competition between India and China, and foreign acquisitions
Video interview - Ben Verwaayen, BT chief executive
Ben Verwaayen, chief executive of BT, the UK’s largest telecommunications group, discusses the company’s investment in China and competition from Chinese firms
