About 1,400 attendees from business, government and other fields worldwide are in Dalian to discuss how to revive economic growth amid the global crisis at the upcoming third Summer Davos forum, or the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2009.

The meeting is to be held from Thursday to Saturday in northeast China's port city of Dalian, Liaoning Province.

China has held two Summer Davos meetings as the world is showing an increasing interest in the developing country's economic development.

The first Summer Davos forum was held in Dalian in September 2007, with the theme of "Shifting Power Equation".

The second Summer Davos meeting was held in northern China's Tianjin in September last year, with the theme of "The Next Wave of Growth". The forum attracted some 1,400 participants from nearly 90 countries and regions.

The World Economic Forum, established in 1971, is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas.