Chengdu's rapid economic expansion in recent years has benefited from the central government's "Go West" strategy, said Ge Honglin, mayor of Chengdu, Sichuan province.
Xu Fengxian, a senior researcher with Institute of Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said Fortune's decision shows that China's economic center is moving westward and that the region's is opening up more to the world.
In 2013, Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, will become the fourth Chinese city to host the Fortune Global Forum, an international conference for multinational executives and political leaders.
The 2013 Fortune Global Forum, a prestigious world business summit, will be held in the southwest Chinese city of Chengdu in June 2013, organizers announced Monday.
The 2013 Fortune Global Forum will be held in Chengdu, Sichuan province, in China’s southwest.
Since 1995, the Fortune Magazine has organized eight Fortune Global Forums. Among the eight forums, three of them chose their location in China. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Beijing. are the hosting cities.
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