[Ferro-Alloys.com]The 11^th China Ferro-alloys International Conference & Metallurgical Exhibition opened on the 14^th -16^th, May, 2014 in V-Continent Beijing Parkview Wuzhou Hotel, which was co-hosted by China Chamber of Commerce of Metals Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters (CCCMC) & Ferro-alloys.com.

Today, China and India represent two unique new players—presenting an extraordinary combination of a very large GDP and still with significant poverty and pockets of unrest and a very low per capita income and living standards. This unique combination raises several questions about their becoming major drivers in international economic trends. However, in the politico-strategic sphere, their recent economic success has resulted in both seeking an expanded space in regional as well as international decision making, something that is becoming a matter for worldwide concern.

• [Editor:Mango]