Chinese premier to attend Summer Davos
BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will attend the Summer Davos Forum in China next week, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei announced Thursday.
Hong said in a press release that Li will deliver a speech at the opening ceremony of Summer Davos on September 11 in the northeastern city of Dalian.
Summer Davos, also known as the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions, is an annual gathering of business leaders, government officials and scholars from around the world. China has played host to Summer Davos, alternately in Tianjin and Dalian, since its inception in 2007.
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