Entrepreneurs and scholars, including Alibaba chairman Jack Ma, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, NetEase CEO William Ding, and Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun, will discuss new paths for economic globalization, share their views on the new forms of business, and propose suggestions on international trade development in the new era at the forum, according to the official WeChat account of CIIE.

Let’s have a look at the speakers and panelists expected at the forum.

Parallel Session: Trade and Opening

As the world economy undergoes profound changes, only openness can enable countries to benefit from each other, and achieve sustainable development. How to further promote economic globalization, and a higher level of openness will be the core of discussion.

Speakers and panelists:

Jean-Paul Agon Chairman and CEO, L’OréalRichard Baldwin Professor, International Economics, Graduate Institute, GenevaJohn Denton Secretary General, International Chamber of CommerceWilliam Ding Chairman and CEO, NetEaseVictor K. Fung Group Chairman, Fung GroupMats Karlsson Senior Researcher, SwedenTerry Gou Founder and CEO, Foxconn Technology GroupLi Jianhong Chairman, China Merchants GroupLong Guoqiang Senior Research Fellow, Vice-President, Development Research Center of the State Council, ChinaTian Wei Anchor, China Global Television Network