Leaders gather to brainstorm today's international context

Guangzhou, a centuries-old international commercial hub, gathered leaders of the global innovation economy at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech International Conference that opened on Tuesday.

Focusing on technological innovation, the first-ever Fortune Brainstorm Tech International Conference is huge in its own right, but is also the curtain raiser event for the Fortune Global Forum, which runs from Wednesday to Friday in the capital city of southern Guangdong province.

For its part, the earlier brainstorm tech conference is a meeting for the world's top technology and media thinkers, operators, entrepreneurs, innovators and influencers, according to the event's organizers.