The sixth session of the World Economic Forum's Summer Davos is about to kick off on September 11 in China's northern coastal city of Tianjin. This year's meeting is attracting more than 1,600 delegates from 86 countries. They will participate in the three-day forum to find solutions of how to maintain sustainable growth amid the continuing European debt crisis.

Under the working theme of creating future economy, the meeting will highlight the role that new and fast-emerging multi-national companies can play in an global business landscape that has been fundamentally changed by the global financial crisis.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend and address the opening ceremony of the forum, which is also called the sixth Annual Meeting of the New Champions, on September 11.

The number of delegates and guests is expected to surpass 2,000 in the coming forum. What's worth noting is that some Chinese universities are involved in agenda-making this year. Nankai University for example, put forth 25 topics, and 18 of them have been adopted by the organisers of Davos for group discussions.

Olivier Schwab, Executive Director of World Economic Forum, said, "We really need to put some thought into social cohesion, sustainable consumption, development of science and technology, these challenges are not necessarily new, but it's time to really put this issues on the table."

Ren Xuefeng, Vice Mayor of Tianjin, said, "This year's summer Davos is not only attracting new leaders, but will see CEOs from 60 out of the world's top 500 enterprises participating, too. This will be an important opportunity for big and growing companies alike to come together and discuss future economic development."

The forum will also feature a list of interactive programs on highly attended issues including the euro crisis, China's future economy and global food security.

Lee Kai-Fu, Founder of Innovation Works and former President of Google China, is one of the key note session speaker for this years forum.

Lee said, "There is not necessarily one particular thing. Some of the hot topics that worth discussion are: what's going to happen in Europe. And also communication between China and western businesses."

The theme of Summer Davos which sees more business leaders and entrepreneurs presenting, is usually more open and relaxed compared with the winter Davos held in Switzerland.

(CNTV.cn September 11, 2012)