Pursue the Dream | AMTD brought the power of young leaders to the World Economic Forum
President Xi has once said in an encouragement note to the youth: “The young generations are both a dream pursuer and fulfiller. Youth is a new power that can change the world.” Coincidentally, the World Economic Forum also pays close attention to the power of youth, and therefore established the ‘Young Global Leader’ Award to encourage those influential and leading global youth representatives.
Each year, the World Economic Forum, along with Queen Rania of Jordan as Chairman and a committee comprised of a dozen of global influential representatives, selected the “Young Global Leader” from thousands of nominees around the world, in an effort to recognize exceptional representatives from around the world in each geography for different industry. Historically, elite representatives who have been awarded the title of “Global Youth Leader” include: Emmanuel Macron (French President), Jack Ma (Co-founder and Board Chairman of the Alibaba Group), Leonardo DiCaprio (actor), Larry Page and Sergey Brin (Co-founders of Google), Mark Zuckerberg (Founder of Facebook) etc. The seven co-chairs of the 2019 World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, with the exception of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the other six are young people from the World Economic Forum's global youth leaders.
During this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, being the only Hong Kong-based financial institution that is a global strategic partner of the World Economic Forum, AMTD Group put in great effort to establish the "AMTD House" in Davos, and gained the attention and support of the “Young Global Leaders”. This is the second year for AMTD Group to establish the " AMTD House" in Davos during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, and we are the only Hong Kong based company, as well as being one of the few Chinese companies, that has established its own corporate center in Davos for two consecutive years, showcasing Hong Kong enterprises’ achievements to global political and business leaders. The host of " AMTD House", Mr. Calvin Choi, Chairman and President of AMTD Group, Founder Chairman of the Greater Bay Young Entrepreneurs Association, was awarded the title of “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum in March 2017, and become the first elected representative from a Hong Kong-based financial institution.
“Young Global Leaders” who visited the “AMTD House” in Davos included:
．Tian Wei, Young Global Leader of 2012, hostess of China Global Television Network
．Sabrina Chao, Young Global Leader of 2013, Chairman of Wah Kwong Shipping, Special Advisor to the Greater Bay Area Young Entrepreneurs Association
．Ron Cao, Young Global Leader of 2013, Founder and Partner of Sky9 Capital
．Keyu Jin, Young Global Leader of 2014, Tenured Associate Professor of London School of Economics
．Bill Liu, Young Global Leader of 2017, Founder and CEO of Royole Corporation, Co-Founder and Vice President of Greater Bay Young Entrepreneurs Association
．Kent Ho, Young Global Leader of 2018, Executive Director of Sing Tao News Corporation, Member of the Management Committee at the Beijing University, Founder of S28 Capital
．Carol Yu, Young Global Leader of 2018, hostess of Phoenix Satellite Television
Calvin Choi, Chairman and President of AMTD Group and Young Global Leader of 2017 (center), together with Bill Liu, Founder and CEO of Royole Corporation and Young Global Leader of 2017 (2nd left), acted as co-Founders, with AMTD Group joining other technological and innovative firms across the Greater Bay Area such as Royole Corporation, Greater Bay Investment Group, iFlytek, DayDayCook, GoGoVan, Farseer to form the Greater Bay Young Entrepreneurs Association, and successfully hosted the “Davos·AMTD Young Entrepreneur Day”
Calvin Choi (2nd left) and Sabrina Chao, Chairman of Wah Kwong Shipping, Young Global Leader of 2013, Special Advisor to Greater Bay Young Entrepreneurs Association (1st left), Kent Ho, Executive Director of Sing Tao News Corporation, Young Global Leader of 2018 (1st right), and his wife (2nd from the right) attended the Greater Bay Night organized by AMTD Group, with Carrie Lam (center), Chief Executive of Hong Kong S.A.R. attended as a guest of honour
Calvin Choi (center), with Keyu Jin, Tenured Associate Professor at London School of Economics, Young Global Leader of 2014 (right), and Ron Cao, Founder and Partner of Sky9 Capital, Young Global Leader of 2013 (left)
Calvin Choi (1st right), Wei Tian, hostess of China Global Television Network, Young Global Leader of 2012 (2ndleft), Sabrina Chao, Chairman of Wah Kwong Shipping, Young Global Leader of 2013 (3rd left), Carol Yu, hostess of Phoenix Satellite Television, Young Global Leader of 2018 (3rd right), Bill Liu, Founder and CEO of Royole Corporation and Young Global Leader of 2017 (2nd right), Charles Li, Chief Executive of HKEX (1st left)
Calvin Choi, Young Global Leader of 2017, Chairman and CEO of AMTD Group (1st left), Sabrina Chao, Chairman of Wah Kwong Shipping, Young Global Leader of 2013 (1st right), , Bill Liu, Founder and CEO of Royole Corporation and Young Global Leader of 2017 (2nd right), Carol Yu, hostess of Phoenix Satellite Television, Young Global Leader of 2018 (3rd right), Sixuan Li, hostess of CCTV, Young Global Leader of 2018 (3rd left) and David Aikman, Chief Representative Officer of World Economic Forum in China
Moreover, with the supported of Dr. Annie Wu, Standing Committee Member of 10-12th CPPCC National Committee, Honorary Consul for Tanzania in Hong Kong and Macau, AMTD invited student representatives from The Chinese Foundation Secondary School to give a special performance, with clarinet performance of the song “Under the Lion Rock” and “the Pearl of the Orient”, and Chinese Kung Fu, through this global stage showcased the Hong Kong young generation’s enthusiasm and achievements to our guests from China and globally.
Calvin Choi, Chairman and CEO of AMTD Group, Marcellus Wong, Vice Chairman, Yat-kin Sin, Chief of Staff, and student representatives of The Chinese Foundation Secondary School
AMTD Group has always been committed to support the promotion of youth innovation and education, and encouraging more young people, from Hong Kong as well as the Greater Bay Area, to embrace the country’s strategic plan by planning their career to help build a better Hong Kong and contribute to overall development of the Greater Bay Area. During this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, AMTD Group, together with technological and innovative companies from the Greater Bay Area, jointly established the “Greater Bay Young Entrepreneurs Association” and successfully held the “Davos AMTD -Greater Bay Young Entrepreneurs Day”. We have invited Paul Chan, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong S.A.R., Zhiying Chan, Executive Vice Mayor of Guangzhou Municipal Committee, Bin Qi, Deputy General Manager of China Investment Corporation, and Edward Yau, Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Development of the Hong Kong S.A.R. to support and encourage youth innovation and entrepreneurship in the Greater Bay Area.
Last but not least, AMTD also actively supported, participated in, and helped establish the “Greater Bay Area Homeland Youth Community Foundation”, where Calvin Choi, Chairman and CEO of AMTD Group, was appointed as Vice Chairman of this foundation, and continued to support the exchange and entrepreneurial training for youths in the region. He is also appointed as the Honorable President of Hong Kong Army Cadets Association, to encourage and support Hong Kong young generation by providing training to strengthen their will, as well as learning discipline, teamwork, and hardship, and to prepare them to contribute to the growth of Hong Kong and serving the community. Furthemore, AMTD Group has joined with Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) to launch the AMTD FinTech Center of PolyU Faculty of Business, and with University of Waterloo to establish the University of Waterloo-AMTD Innovation Hub in Hong Kong. AMTD also jointly hosted the Yabuli Youth Forum Innovation Annual Meeting 2018 in Hong Kong, as well as building a financial science and technology innovation laboratory with Chinese Foundation Secondary School to support Hong Kong youth innovation.
AMTD jointly established the Greater Bay Young Entrepreneurs Association
Calvin Choi appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Greater Bay Area Homeland Youth Community Foundation
Yongjiang Tian, Deputy Commander of People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison and Daryl Ng, Deputy Chairman of Sino Group presented the “Honorary President” certificate to Calvin Choi
AMTD Group and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) jointly established the AMTD FinTech Center of PolyU Faculty of Business
AMTD and Chinese Foundation Secondary School jointly establish Fintech Innovation Lab
AMTD jointly hosted the Yabuli Youth Forum Innovation Annual Meeting
AMTD Group and University of Waterloo jointly established the University of Waterloo-AMTD Innovation Hub in Hong Kong
AMTD, Greater Bay Area Young Entrepreneur Association, along with the Chinese Foundation Secondary School hosted the “Youth Forum on the 40th Anniversary of China’s Reform and Opening Up”
