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(DALIANNEWS)- Peter Torreele, Managing Director, WEF, Ben J, Verwaayen, Chief Executive Officer, BT, United Kingdom, Sir Martin Sorrel, Group Chief Executive, WPP, United Kingdom and Yang Yuanqing, Chairman of the Board, Lenovo Group, China, Peter Bakker, Chief executive Officer, TNT, Netherlands, and Maurice Levy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Group, France, attended the last press conference before the clossing Remarks on World Economic Forum's Inaugural Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, September 8, 2007.
Participants considered Dalian,the host city for Summer Davos as a benchmark and it is difficult for the following host cities to catch up with.
Peter Torreele, Managing Director, WEF
Peter Torreele, Managing Director, WEF, on behalf of the participants and WEF, thanked Dalian for its organization work which was better than expected, impressive, excellent and professional. As the representative of Chinese enterprises, Yang Yuanqing said that Summer Davos provided good opportunities to the emerging enterprises in China for they learned a lot here.
Yang Yuanqing, Chairman of the Board, Lenovo Group
Maurice Levy gave a high evaluation to Dalian on the city, citizens, hotel facilities, taxi drivers and the environment too. He said that Dalian set up a benchmark to host cities and it was difficult for the following host cities to catch up with. Ben J, Verwaayen, Chief Executive Officer, BT, United Kingdom, said we can learned about China's rapid growth and development from Dalian's successful hosting Summer Davos. What happened in Dalian shows that she has entered into the first rank of cities in China.
Maurice Levy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Group, France
Dai Xianglong, Mayor of Tianjin, is an active participant in Davos. Enjoying the blue sky and clear sea in Dalian, he said that Dalian organized the forum so well that it turned to be a pressure on Tianjin. Jokingly, he said that he learned the successful experience from Xia Deren, Mayor of Dalian,for a whole night. Finally, He sincerely invited all the participants to go to Tianjin next year.
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