Global challenges dominate summit agenda

Participants to discuss trends affecting the world's economy and political structure

The world's economic and political development challenges and new cooperation mechanisms will be on the agenda when politicians and scholars gather at the Global Think Tank Summit in Beijing on Friday.

It will be the third time that the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, or CCIEE, a top government think tank, hosts the biennial summit, with the theme of New Patterns, New Cooperation and New Development.