Since two months , the ski resort of Mann has been synonymous with the World Economic Forum . Defterios : In 1992 , Chinese Premier Li Peng used the setting here in the Alps to articulate plans for the country 's economic opening up to the world . I first came to Davos as a relatively junior correspondent , two months after the Berlin Wall fell . Fall of South Africa , Communism 's opening , removal of apartheid in South Africa unfolded in two months . It 's the inter-play between geo-politics and business is what keeps the forum relevant .
Since two months , the ski resort of Mann has been synonymous with the World Economic Forum . Defterios : I first came to Davos as a relatively junior correspondent , two months after the Berlin Wall fell . Fall of South Africa , Communism 's opening , removal of apartheid in South Africa unfolded in two months . It 's the inter-play between geo-politics and business is what keeps the forum relevant .