The World Economic Forum is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Its predecessor was the "European Management Forum" founded on 197 1 by klaus schwab, the current chairman of the Forum and a professor at Geneva University. 1987, the European Management Forum was renamed the World Economic Forum. The members of the Forum are more than 65,438+0,000 top companies that promise to abide by the purpose of "improving the global situation" and influence the future economic development of the world.
Every year, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is attended by more than 1,000 leaders from political, business and news organizations in dozens of countries. It has become one of the most important unofficial gatherings, private meetings and business negotiations for global political leaders, business people and civil and social groups to discuss world economic issues.
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With the development and change of the international situation, the topics discussed in the World Economic Forum have gradually broken through the purely economic field, and many bilateral and regional issues and major political, military, security and social events in the world have also become the contents of the forum.
The core of the forum is its members and partners. At present, the forum has more than 1000 members, all of whom are world-renowned enterprises and companies. The Forum selectively establishes partnerships with its members. In addition, there are various member organizations in the forum, covering political, economic, cultural, religious, media and academic fields. The World Economic Forum also holds various international economic seminars jointly with governments or enterprises of many countries every year.
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