All countries should intensify cooperation to exploit the full potential of new technologies like artificial intelligence, and desist from protectionism, in order to facilitate economic growth, said business leaders on the sidelines of the World Intelligence Expo 2024, which concluded in Tianjin on Sunday.

Such calls for closer global cooperation also marked the "CEO: Grow with China" roundtable, held as part of the expo on Friday that saw participation of multinational corporations from sectors like technology, finance, medicine and energy.

The roundtable was jointly organized by China Daily, the Publicity Department of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the Tianjin Industrial and Information Technology Bureau.