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As many as 2,500 political and business leaders from more than 100 countries and regions, including over 40 heads of state or government, have arrived in the highest city of Europe to attend this year's forum that opened Wednesday.
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The youngest attendee is 21-year-old Umar Anwar Jahangir, CEO of Bahria Medics, a student-run social welfare organization in Pakistan. At the other end of the age range is 90-year-old Israeli President Shimon Peres.
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Meanwhile, media staff from all over the world have been converging into the small town and busy doing interviews on the streets or setting up studios on the roof top of the conference center with a snow-mountain view.
As busy as the reporters are the more than 4,000 security personnel safeguarding the conference center and checking passing vehicles. Helicopters are hovering in the sky.
During a ski season and the convention of the grand WEF, it is too difficult to find a place to stay in Davos. Hotel prices have rocketed three or four times higher than usual. Some have to book a hotel in neighboring towns.
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Under the theme "The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics and Business," this year's forum, underway from Jan. 22-25, will discuss such topics as world economy, emerging markets
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"We forget that we should look for solutions for the really fundamental issues. We should look at our future in a much more constructive, (and) in a much more strategic way. That is what Davos is about," Schwab said.
This article is part of Xinhua's integrated coverage on the 2014 World Economic Forum, "Eyes on Davos: A Chinese Perspective." For more stories, please visit:
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