Foreign guests attending the forum jointly sponsored by the Tianjin municipal government and Business Week of the United States included former US president George Herbert Walker Bush, former Australian prime minister Edward Hawke and WTO officials.

• 2002天津·《商业周刊》论坛是由天津市政府和美国《商业周刊》共同主办的。出席论坛的外宾有美国前总统布什、澳大利亚前总理霍克、世界贸易组织候任总干事素帕猜等。