The breakthroughs made by industry leaders at this year's Fortune Global Forum in Chengdu have helped consolidate the host city's position as a high-tech and IT hub in western China, participants said.
Cornucopia of culture
A boom is on the horizon for medicine and healthcare products in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan.
Healthcare specialist joins growing trend to 'go west'.Medical and travel security risk company International SOS opened its new office on June 6 in Chengdu to further expand its business into China's western region.
Global spotlight, $18 billion in deals from three-day event, Li Fusheng reports Fortune has smiled on Chengdu now that the 2013 Fortune Global Forum drew to a close on June 8 in the western city of rising international renown.
With Chengdu becoming increasingly international, more locals are incorporating overseas cultural elements into their traditional leisurely lifestyle. Cindy Bellemin-Magninot, manager of Montpellier promotion and a partner in the EU Project Innovation Center, shares her thinking about the capital of Sichuan province and its growing affinity for French wine.
To maintain its role as a major economic center in western China, Chengdu will need to further deepen its high-tech industrial development, said economists and experts on Thursday during the 2013 Fortune Global Forum.
Famed for its scientific research, Sichuan University is one of the most prestigious universities in China.
Despite growing competition in the automotive market, Volvo is confident about its development in China, said Lars Danielson, senior vice-president for China operations, in an exclusive interview with China Daily.
Douglas Baker Jr, Ecolab's chairman and CEO, has a "quite favorable" first impression of Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province.
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With the 2013 Fortune Global Forum under way in Chengdu, locals are overcome with excitement over the arrival of business elites and political leaders from around the world.
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