The World Economic Forum is launching the Summer Davos Debates online
at Youku.com to provide the public with the opportunity to present
ideas to world leaders at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2010
in Tianjin, China, on 13-15 September.

The Forum is inviting two Chinese netizens to participate in what has
become known as the “Summer Davos”. It is the first time the Forum is
opening its meeting in China to ordinary citizens through video
sumission on Youku.com, the largest video site in China.

The theme of the 2010 Meeting is “Driving Growth through
Sustainability”. The Forum wants to understand how Youku users would
meet local, regional and global challenges. Among the key questions on
the agenda at the Summer Davos are: How can we manage resources more
efficiently? How can we increase energy efficiency? How can we lower
carbon emissions? How can we rebuild basic infrastructure?

The Forum is asking Youku users to share examples of sustainability
in their community and submit the video on Youku at http://DavosDebates.youku.com,
where users also can vote on their favourite submissions by others.

The creators of the two best videos submitted will have the
opportunity to take part in the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in
Tianjin all expenses paid, where they can participate in the event,
interact with world leaders and represent the general public in
dialogue.