Bloomberg and the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) are jointly holding the New Economy Forum in Beijing during 6-8 November 2018. The forum is expected to stimulate a frank conversation about the shifts in the global economy and the risks and opportunities created by a world in transition that is increasingly led by China and India, as well as the rising powers in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. The forum will be hosted by Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with CCIEE. Some 400 world and business leaders and experts are expected to participate in the forum. Its advisory board members include former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Dr Henry A. Kissinger former U.S. Treasury Secretary and Paulson Institute Chairman Henry M. Paulson, Jr. and Zeng Peiyan, former Vice Premier of the State Council, PRC, and Chairman of CCIEE. Bloomberg said the forum will promote collaboration among participants to address the greatest challenges facing the planet, among them climate change, inequality and social disruption created by new technologies. The New Economy Forum was established with the support of 11 founding partners. Among those who are expected to participate in the forum are chairman, president and CEO of 3M Company Inge G. Thulin, ADNOC CEO Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Dangote Group CEO Aliko Dangote, HSBC group chief executive John M. Flint, Mastercard president and CEO Ajay Banga and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
