The Heat: Summer Davos 2026 | Innovating at Scale
The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as Summer Davos, comes against the backdrop of the IMF's downgrade of this year's global economic forecast to 3.1%.
From supply chain realignments to the AI revolution, leaders are examining how economies can sustain expansion despite inflation pressures, trade tensions, and geopolitical uncertainty, while searching for the next growth engine.
What are the economic challenges and opportunities ahead? #Heat #WEF #Davos #China #Dalian #AI #technology #trade
Host: Anand Naidoo is the anchor for CGTN America's The Heat.
Guests: Andy Mok is the author of The Innovation Machine: How China Creates and Adopts Technology Through Governance. John Quelch is the executive vice chancellor and American president at Duke Kunshan University. Qu Qiang is the assistant director of Renmin University's International Monetary Institute. Carlo Chen-Delantar is a partner and head of sustainability at the pan-Asian venture capital firm Gobi Partners.
00:00 - Intro: Summer Davos returns to Dalian amid global economic challenges 00:50 - Three key pillars: China's growth trajectory, shifting trade and AI 03:00 - Andy Mok: Deconstructing the narrative of "China Shock 2.0" 05:07 - Why AI is an energy technology before an information technology 07:28 - Innovation at scale: China's 1.4 billion person ecosystem test bed 10:29 - The I5 Model: How China's governance drives technology impact 13:09 - Panel intro: Venture capital trends in green tech, robotics and AI 15:45 - John Quelch: The role of talent and capital during economic downturns 18:08 - Qu Qiang: Making the global economic cake bigger through open-source AI 22:56 - Navigating geopolitical fragmentation and protectionism in global trade
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