China's economic development agenda is expected to attract global attention again next week when the World Economic Forum holds its three-day summer meeting in Dalian, Liaoning province.

It is the ninth Annual Meeting of the New Champions, or the "Summer Davos", to be held in China. More than 1,700 participants from 90 countries will attend the meeting from Sept 9 to 11, including government leaders, business executives and global organization chiefs.

The stock market turmoil and the yuan's depreciation have triggered concern among international investors of a deepened slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.