Chinese Premier addresses opening session of Summer Davos forum

DALIAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao started to deliver a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2009 Summer Davos forum, held in the northeastern China's port city Dalian on Thursday afternoon.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao addresses the opening plenary of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2009, or the Summer Davos, in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 10, 2009. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

The three-day forum, also known as the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2009, has attracted some 1,400 participants from 86 countries and regions, including business elites and senior officials, who are to discuss topics about the theme of "Relaunching Growth" amid the global economic downturn．

China to attach more importance to domestic demand for economic growth: Premier

DALIAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua）-- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Thursday the country would take the adjustment of economic structure as a major task and attach greater importance to driving economic growth via domestic demand. >>