Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/PASCAL BITZ

Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/PASCAL BITZ

Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/PASCAL BITZ

Takeshi Hashimoto, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Japan, Nikolaus Lang, Managing Director and Senior Partner; Global Leader, Global Advantage Practice, BCG (Boston Consulting Group), Germany, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva; Member of Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, Zhu Min, Vice-Chairman, China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE), People's Republic of China; Member of Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, Scott Vaughan, International Chief Adviser, China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, People's Republic of China

speaking in the Navigating the Climate-Trade Nexus session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Ignite Room. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Greg Beadle

The Heian Shrine is one of the iconic sites of significance in Kyoto. To get an image without large crowds requires an early rise or a bit of luck. Or some editing, as in this image, which had a number of people removed using Lightrooms Generative Remove tool to leave the focus on the single priest walking across the front of the image.

Sebastian Kurz, Federal Chancellor of Austria (2017-2019; 2020-2021)

Liang Linchong, Deputy Director-General, Counsel (DG-Level)，Department of Regional Opening-up, National Development and Reform Commission, Sekai Irene Nzenza, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Zimbabwe, Wan Zhe, Professor of Beijing Normal University, Research Fellow of Belt & Road School, Beijing Normal University (BNU), People's Republic of China, Xin Baoan, Executive Chairman, State Grid Corporation of China, People's Republic of China, Chen Weihong, Anchor, China Central Television (CCTV), People's Republic of China speaking in the „The Future of the Belt and Road Initiative“ session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center "Studio" Room - Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jakob Polacsek

Jason Bordoff, Co-Dean, Columbia Climate School; Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, USA and Melissa C. Lott, Director, Research; Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, USA

speaking in the Chasing Carbon Zero with Columbia session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 29 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Room:Betazone. Copyright: World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell

Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 29 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Faruk Pinjo

Guo Jingjing, President, Guangzhou Nansha Culture Association, People's Republic of China, Wang Songlin, Founder and President, Qingdao Marine Conservation Society (QMCS), People's Republic of China, Vriko Yu, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Archireef, Hong Kong SAR, China speaking in the The Rising Tide of Ocean Tech session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Hub A Room. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Greg Beadle

Cultural Soirée at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell

Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/PASCAL BITZ

Check out my albums list for some of my best work: www.flickr.com/photos/200044612@N04/albums/

See my 'Tutorials & Commentary on AI' album for some information about how I make my images: www.flickr.com/photos/200044612@N04/albums/72177720325900...

See my main account for my photography, videos, fractal images and more here: www.flickr.com/photos/josh-rokman/

Made with Bing Image Creator, which is powered by DALL·E 3.

- Josh

Participants in the „Could Climate Change Cause a Financial Crisis?“ session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center "Hub D" Room - Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jakob Polacsek

Sebastian Kurz, Federal Chancellor of Austria (2017-2019; 2020-2021)

Liang Linchong, Deputy Director-General, Counsel (DG-Level)，Department of Regional Opening-up, National Development and Reform Commission, Sekai Irene Nzenza, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Zimbabwe, Wan Zhe, Professor of Beijing Normal University, Research Fellow of Belt & Road School, Beijing Normal University (BNU), People's Republic of China, Xin Baoan, Executive Chairman, State Grid Corporation of China, People's Republic of China, Chen Weihong, Anchor, China Central Television (CCTV), People's Republic of China speaking in the „The Future of the Belt and Road Initiative“ session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center "Studio" Room - Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jakob Polacsek

Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jakob Polacsek

Chen Peng, Secretary-General, China Green Foundation, People's Republic of China, Dai Minhan, Chair Professor of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, People's Republic of China

Jeffrey Lu Minfang, Chief Executive Officer, Mengniu Group, People's Republic of China, Charlotte Pera, Vice-President and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Bezos Earth Fund, USA and Nancie Zhu, Anchor and Host, Talk with World Leaders, Phoenix Satellite Television Co., People's Republic of China speaking in the „The Existential Fight to Restore Nature“ session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center "Arena" Room - Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jakob Polacsek

Spriha Srivastava, United Kingdom Bureau Chief, Insider, USA, Ning Xuanfeng, Senior Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, People's Republic of China, Sebastián Claro, Professor of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Chile, Royal Chen, Vice-President, Tencent Financial Technology, Tencent Holdings, People's Republic of China and Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Circle Internet Financial, USA speaking in the Paying, Frictionless session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Arena. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Faruk Pinjo

Frederick Fenter, Chief Executive Editor, Frontiers Media, Switzerland with Rona Chandrawati, Scientia Associate Professor and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia speaking in the Wearable Plant Sensors session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Hub A. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell

Guo Jingjing, President, Guangzhou Nansha Culture Association, People's Republic of China, Wang Songlin, Founder and President, Qingdao Marine Conservation Society (QMCS), People's Republic of China, Vriko Yu, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Archireef, Hong Kong SAR, China speaking in the The Rising Tide of Ocean Tech session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Hub A Room. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Greg Beadle

Teh Hua Fung, Co-Founder and Group President, Group ONE Holdings (ONE), Singapore, Zhou Yuxiang, Chief Executive Officer, Black Lake, People's Republic of China and Sebastian Buckup, Head of Network and Partnerships, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum speaking in the Life in 2040 session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Hub E. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Faruk Pinjo

Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell

Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/PASCAL BITZ

Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/PASCAL BITZ

Wang Boming, Editor-in-Chief, Caijing Magazine, People's Republic of China, Jiao Chengyao, Chairman, Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group, People's Republic of China, William Yu, President, China, Honeywell China, People's Republic of China, Sarah Zhang Jiachen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Guangzhishu Technology, People's Republic of China, Samantha Zhu, Chairperson; Market Unit Lead, Greater China, Accenture, People's Republic of China, Zhu Min, Vice-Chairman, China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE), People's Republic of China; Member of Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum

speaking in the A New Blueprint for Digital China session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Studio Room. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Greg Beadle

Jay Lee, Clark Distinguished Professor; Director, Industrial AI Center, University of Maryland, USA, Ma Junjie, Chief Executive Officer, DIGITWIN, People's Republic of China, Wang Rui, Senior Vice-President; Chair, China, Intel China, People's Republic of China, Zhao Hejuan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TMTpost Media Group, People's Republic of China speaking in the Powering Up the Industrial Metaverse session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center -Betazone Room. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Greg Beadle

Cultural Soiree session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Greg Beadle

Xuemei Bai, Distinguished Professor of Urban Environment and Human Ecology, Australia National University, Australia, Kotchakorn Voraakhom, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Landprocess, Thailand, Mikolaj Sekutowicz, Vice-President, Strategic Development and Culture, Therme Group, Austria, Yoo Jeong-Bok, Mayor of Incheon, Republic of Korea, Jennifer Schenker, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Innovator, France speaking in the Watering the Concrete Jungle: The Growth of Nature-Positive Cities session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Ignite Room. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Greg Beadle

Shunsuke Mizushima, Senior Vice-President, Hirotsu Bio Science, Japan, Brandon Suh, Chief Executive Officer, Lunit, Republic of Korea speaking in the Can We Intercept Cancer session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Hub B Room. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Greg Beadle

Dang Yanbao, Chairman of the Board, Baofeng Group, People's Republic of China, Cynthia Hutchison, Chief Executive Officer, US Center for Advanced Manufacturing (USC4AM), USA, Lian Maojun, Party Secretary, Tianjin Binhai New Area; Member, Standing Committee, CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee, People's Republic of China, Zhong Baoshen, Chairman, Longi Green Energy Technology Co., People's Republic of China, Wang Guan, Host and Senior Journalist, Leaders Talk, CCTV, China Global Television Network (CGTN), People's Republic of China speaking in the „Net-Zero Hero The Decarbonization of Industry Clusters“ session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center "Ignite" Room - Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jakob Polacsek

Participants in the „The Existential Fight to Restore Nature“ session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center "Arena" Room - Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jakob Polacsek

Participants in the China and Africa: Mutually Transformative session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 29 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Arena Room. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Greg Beadle

Anna Rosling Ronnlund, Co-writer of Factfulness, Co-founder Gapminder, Innovator and Change Maker, Gapminder, Sweden speaking in the Reflections on Leadership: Uplifting Decision-Making session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 29 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Room: Hub E. Copyright: World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell

Frederick Fenter, Chief Executive Editor, Frontiers Media, Switzerland with Rona Chandrawati, Scientia Associate Professor and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia speaking in the Wearable Plant Sensors session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Hub A. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell

Frederick Fenter, Chief Executive Editor, Frontiers Media, Switzerland with Rona Chandrawati, Scientia Associate Professor and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia speaking in the Wearable Plant Sensors session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Hub A. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell

Teh Hua Fung, Co-Founder and Group President, Group ONE Holdings (ONE), Singapore, Zhou Yuxiang, Chief Executive Officer, Black Lake, People's Republic of China and Sebastian Buckup, Head of Network and Partnerships, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum speaking in the Life in 2040 session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Hub E. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Faruk Pinjo

Nizar Ben Néji, Minister of Communication Technologies of Tunisia, Peter Brown, Global People and Organization Leader, PwC, USA, Paul Chou Chao-Bou, Chairman and President, JA China, People's Republic of China, Emilija Stojmenova Duh, Minister of Digital Transformation of Slovenia, George Xu, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus China, People's Republic of China with Manuela Kasper-Claridge, Editor-in-Chief, Deutsche Welle, Germany and Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director, World Economic Forum speaking in the New Skills for Fast-Moving Industrie session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Arena. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Faruk Pinjo

Nizar Ben Néji, Minister of Communication Technologies of Tunisia, Peter Brown, Global People and Organization Leader, PwC, USA, Paul Chou Chao-Bou, Chairman and President, JA China, People's Republic of China, Emilija Stojmenova Duh, Minister of Digital Transformation of Slovenia, George Xu, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus China, People's Republic of China with Manuela Kasper-Claridge, Editor-in-Chief, Deutsche Welle, Germany and Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director, World Economic Forum speaking in the New Skills for Fast-Moving Industrie session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Arena. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Faruk Pinjo

Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/PASCAL BITZ

Liu Yang, Expert Partner, Regional Lead, Carbon Markets, North Asia, Bain & Company, People's Republic of China, Zou Ji, Chief Executive Officer and President, Energy Foundation China, People's Republic of China speaking in the How to Improve Carbon Markets session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Hub C Room. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Greg Beadle

Charlotte Pera, Vice-President and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Bezos Earth Fund, USA, Zhang Xiaoyan, Chair Professor of Finance; Associate Dean, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University, People's Republic of China speaking in the „Could Climate Change Cause a Financial Crisis?“ session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center "Hub D" Room - Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jakob Polacsek

Opening Remarks by Chen Shaowang, Mayor of Dalian, People's Republic of China, Børge Brende, President, World Economic Forum and Impressions from the Dalian Reception session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Crowne Plaza Tianjin - Meijiang Ballroom. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Faruk Pinjo

Bonnie Y Chan, Co-Chief Operating Officer, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), Hong Kong SAR, China, Dany Qian, Global Vice-President, JinkoSolar, People's Republic of China, Su Shaojun, Secretary of the Board, China Pacific Insurance, People's Republic of China, Lubomir Varbanov, Regional Leader, Public Sector Solutions, Asia-Pacific; Managing Director, Swiss Re, Singapore and Yang Yudong, Editor-in-Chief, YICAI Media Group, People's Republic of China speaking in the Sustainability Reporting: Best Practices from Asia's Champions session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Room: Arena. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell

Xuemei Bai, Distinguished Professor of Urban Environment and Human Ecology, Australia National University, Australia, Qin Dahe, Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China, moderated by Gim Huay Neo, Managing Director, Centre for Nature and Climate, World Economic Forum speaking in the Securing a Safe and Just Corridor for Humanity session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Betazone. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell

Yang Lan, Senior Editor, Chairperson, Sun Media Group, People's Republic of China, Tomson Li Dongsheng, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, TCL, People's Republic of China, Janet Sarah Neo, Chief Sustainability Officer, North Asia and China, L'Oréal, France, Liu Young-Way, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision), Taiwan, China, Hong-Thuy Paterson, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Green Climate Fund, Republic of Korea and Zhang Kunyu, Chief Executive Officer, Troila Technology, People's Republic of China speaking in the Asia's Manufacturing Resurgence session at the at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center - Studio. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Faruk Pinjo

Cultural Soirée at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell

Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/PASCAL BITZ

Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/PASCAL BITZ

Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/PASCAL BITZ

Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 28 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/PASCAL BITZ

Impressions from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023 in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 27 June 2023. Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center. Copyright: World Economic Forum/PASCAL BITZ