Interview: WEF proud of its positive ties with China

Schneider noted the first two WEF annual meetings of the new champions, dubbed "Summer Davos Forum," were both held in China, in Dalian in 2007 and Tianjin a year later.

The success of the "Summer Davos Forum," a gathering of new multinational companies from China and across the world to explore the mechanisms of continued and sustainable growth, indicated the strong collaboration between the two sides, he said.

The WEF's choice of China as the host of the "Summer Davos Forum" was "an absolutely right one," he said.

Schneider noted that cooperation between the WEF and China started in 1979, when China first sent a delegation to the Davos Forum.

China and its economic growth has been a topic of interest for participants at the Davos Forum in recent years.

In June 2006, the organization opened a representative office in Beijing, which aims to deal with all interactions with China. "It's a clear sign of our deepened collaboration," he said.

Editor:Du Xiaodan