The World Economic Forum's 17th New Champions Annual Meeting (Summer Davos) will
take place in Dalian on June 23-25, 2026; a pre-event press briefing is
scheduled in Beijing on June 16. Organizers say total registrations have
exceeded 1,700 participants from over 90 countries and regions, a record scale.
The forum's theme is Scaled Innovation, with agenda items on global innovation
trends and industrial upgrading.