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UAE VP, WEF chairman meet to discuss technology advances

Xinhua, November 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al- Maktoum, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) vice president, prime minister and ruler of Dubai, met here on Sunday with Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), UAE state news agency WAM reported.

The meeting came after a two-day WEF annual meeting of Global Future Councils started in Dubai earlier in the day.

During the meeting, they reviewed the latest global developments, technology advances and the efforts of governments to keep pace with the "fourth industrial revolution."

According to Schwab, the world governments seek to create a positive social impact through sustainable solutions to challenges facing cities.

In May, the world's first functional 3D printed building, an office complex, was inaugurated in the heart of Dubai. Endit