2017 Fortune Global Forum promotion video

Openness & Innovation: Shaping the Global Economy

THE FORTUNE GLOBAL FORUM will focus on the key issues facing multinational companies at a crucial time of change in China and the global economy. With unprecedented speed, a new innovation revolution is building in the digital era. Industries are being transformed by breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, drones, robotics, the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles, nanotechnology, 3-D printing, and other fields. Lives on every continent will be improved…and disrupted. Entire industries will become smarter…and potentially less secure. At the same time, globalization—long taken for granted—is being challenged by a backlash against trade and immigration in many parts of the world.

These forces are colliding to produce complex challenges for today’s global business leaders. This year’s Fortune Global Forum will explore these trends, both in China and throughout the world, providing clarity for decision-makers as they seek more opportunity, with less risk, in the emerging innovation revolution. Nowhere in the world will this revolution be more profoundly felt than in China–with its new and burgeoning middle class, accelerating urbanization, and expanding digital technologies.

From manufacturing and health care to mobility and finance, we’ll explore global competitive advantage in the age of technology as well as the critical role corporate leadership plays in building more inclusive economies. Throughout our discussions, we’ll highlight how openness and innovation—in China and beyond—are primary forces in guiding economic development, leading to prosperity and progress.