Ingqungquthela yaminyaka yonke ehlelwa futhi eholwa yi-State Council Development Research Centre ibanjwa minyaka yonke ukuhlanganisa abaphathi naba-CEO abaqavile emhlabeni ukuxoxa ngekusasa lezomnotho laseChina. Kuxoxwa nangemephu yomgwaqo yomnotho womhlaba. USihlalo weBMW weBhodi Yezokuphatha u-Oliver Zipse coprot uzobamba ingqungquthela yalo nyaka. UTim Cook uzoba kule ngqungquthela futhi izofaka isandla ekuvuseleleni okusha kwezwe lase-Asia.
Isikhulu esiphezulu kwa-Apple uTim Cook uzoba ngomunye wabaphathi nabaphathi abaphethe abangaphezu kwekhulu abazohambela iChina Development Forum yalo nyaka kusukela ngoMgqibelo, Mashi 100 kuya ngoMsombuluko, Mashi 20, ngokusho kwemininingwane ekhishwe yi I-Global Times. Isithangami salo nyaka sizomaka "uhlelo lokuqala lweminyaka emihlanu lokuthi iChina iqale uhambo olusha lokwakha ngokuphelele izwe lesimanje lobusoshiyali nokufeza inhloso yesibili yekhulu leminyaka." Indikimba evamile yengqungquthela ithi "I-China ohambweni olusha olubheke esikhathini samanje".
Ingqungquthela yalo nyaka izoba yi-hybrid ye-virtual futhi ubuso nobuso. Asazi okwamanje ukuthi uCook uzoziyela mathupha yini kuya engqungqutheleni noma ngizokwenza ekomkhulu le-Apple eCupertino online. Kuzobe kungokokuqala ukuthi uTim Cook abe khona kule ngqungquthela eshiwo ngenhla. Ngo-2018, uCook waba ngusihlalo wale ngqungquthela, lapho ayekhuthaza khona ukuthi kube nomthetho oqinile wobumfihlo. Konke lokhu kwenzeke ngesikhathi kunempikiswano ne-Facebook ne-Cambridge analytics.
Kulo nyaka ukwehla nokwehla kwezepolitiki izwe lase-Asia elihlupheke ngakho ne-United States nakanjani kuzoba khona phakathi kwabo bonke abakhona. UDonald Trump akenzanga izinto zaba lula ukutholakala kwalelozwe lesimanjemanje. Kodwa-ke manje sisesikhathini esisha futhi UTim Cook uyakwazi.
