On September 27, 2008, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with three foreign dignitaries in north China's Tianjin Municipality, on the sidelines of the 2008 Summer Davos forum. The three were Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo, Montenegro Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, and Klaus Schwab, chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF).

In his meeting with the Guyanese president, Wen reviewed the fruitful bilateral cooperation since the two countries forged diplomatic ties in 1972, adding that the two countries have conducted effective cooperation in trade, economic and technological cooperation. Wen told the guest that China will continue to provide aid within its ability to Guyana and enhance bilateral economic and trade cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit in a bid to push for new progress of bilateral friendly relations.

President Jagdeo said that Guyana and China are close friends. He said the Guyanese people are proud of the great achievements made by the Chinese people, pointing to China’s steady and rapid economic growth and enormous social changes. He reiterated Guyana's firm adherence to the one-China policy, and thanked China for its support to Guyana's social and economic development. He added Guyana would like to work with China to push forward bilateral friendly cooperation.

While meeting with his Montenegro counterpart, Wen said since the two countries established diplomatic relations, they have respected each other and treated each other as equals. Both sides have also shown understanding and support on each other’s major concerns, he added. China would like to enhance people-to-people exchanges and boost pragmatic cooperation between the two sides so as to open up a new prospect for bilateral friendly relations.

Djukanovic said the two peoples share a profound traditional friendship. Although the two countries are geographically far apart, their exchanges and cooperation have been increasing. He congratulated China on the successful launch of the Shenzhou-7 manned spacecraft, as well as the country's tremendous progress over the past 30 years of reform and opening-up. Djukanovic said that Montenegro would like to step up high-level exchanges with China and enhance bilateral cooperation in areas like trade and economy, port development and tourism to push bilateral friendly relations to a higher level. He also reiterated that Montenegro will continue to follow the one-China policy, and support the Chinese government's efforts to safeguard state sovereignty and territorial integrity.

In his meeting with Schwab, Wen said that the second Annual Meeting of the New Champions organized by the World Economic Forum in China has coincided with the 30th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up. "The forum offers an opportunity for the world to better understand China and for China to further integrate into the world," Wen said.

Amid the current global financial turmoil and more complex world economic situation, the international community should enhance communication and cooperation, deal with the challenges together, and promote the steady growth of the world economy, the premier added. He also expressed hope that the 2008 Summer Davos forum will play an active role to this end.

Schwab thanked for China’s efforts in hosting the second Annual Meeting of the New Champions. He said that the WEF has maintained a sound cooperative relationship with China for years, and the Summer Davos has become a top-grade business summit of global influence. He expressed the hope that the constructive discussions about the world economy at this forum could help rebuild confidence in the international community, and push forward the establishment of a truly sustainable global system for economic and social cooperation. Schwab said China’s economy has entered a new stage of modernization, expressing hope that the Annual Meeting of the New Champions will continue in China and thus offer a sound platform of exchanges and cooperation for the global business community.