Participants in the 2009 "Annual Meeting for the New Champions," as the Summer Davos Meeting is officially known, have high hopes that the meeting will contribute to putting the world economy back on the path to growth.

The meeting will run from September 10 to 12 in port city of Dalian, in China's northeastern Province of Liaoning. More than 1,300 industrialists, politicians and thinkers from 86 countries will discuss the conference theme of re-launching growth.

Mohammad Ahmad Al-Ghouti, CEO of the Jordan Royal Scientific Society, told China.org.cn yesterday that he wanted to share experiences with international colleagues and hoped to learn state-of-the-art innovation methods from business leaders and veteran scientists and take these ideas back to Jordan.

Dr. Mohammad Ahmad Al-Ghouti at the World Expo Center, the convening place of the 2009 Summer Davos Meeting in Dalian [Catherine Guo / China.org.cn]

He added that the meeting is an opportunity for him to get to know China at first hand, as the country is helping lead the world economy out of recession. He said China's stimulus package was an excellent example for the rest of the world and hoped other countries would learn from China.

Most participants expressed concern about the global financial crisis and said reviving economic growth would remain the priority for policy-makers and business leaders in 2009.