Recently, Professor Chen Zhigang of Zhejiang University, School of Public Affairs, was invited by Børge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum, to become a member of the WEF Global Future Councils.

The World Economic Forum, also known as the Davos Forum, is an international, unofficial body for the study and exploration of issues in the world economy and the promotion of international economic cooperation and exchange, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The Global Future Councils are the world's leading interdisciplinary, invite-only academic network for future thinking innovation, comprised of thought leaders from politics, business, academia, and beyond, to contribute to the World Economic Forum's efforts to better understand and advance the global system in the context of rapid social and technological change, and to jointly shape intellectual support for the global, regional and industry agendas.

Source: School of Public Affairs