WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM INSIGHTSChina Business Summit 2006
Sustainable Growth through Innovation:
China’s Creative Imperative
Beijing, 10-11 September
Preface
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Summary – Sustainable Growth through Innovation: China’s Creative Imperative
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Innovation
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Risk Management
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Sustainable Growth
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Globalization
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The Creative Imperative in China
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Acknowledgements
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Contents
China Business Summit 2006
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Preface
China Business Summit 2006
The China Business Summit 2006 was designed to generate insight and guide action to
improve the alignment of China’s public policy, development and industry agendas. The
frank and open discussions in Beijing laid bare the reality that Chi