The Boao Forum for Asia opens today in South China's Hainan province and celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2021.
When the Boao Forum for Asia was launched in 2001, Asian countries were seeking economic integration in the aftermath of the 1998 Asian financial crisis.
The Boao Forum for Asia is going to celebrate its 20th anniversary in just a few months' time. This is a moment of significance, with much to look back on and much more to look forward to; much to celebrate and much more to envision; much to take pride in and much more to think and plan ahead. It's a moment of festivity, honor and responsibility.
Two state leaders of China are expected to attend the upcoming annual conference of Boao Forum for Asia to be held from April 18 to 21 in Boao, South China's Hainan province, according to Li Baodong, secretary-general of the Boao Forum for Asia, as reported by Sina Finance on Wednesday.
President Xi Jinping has given speeches at the Boao Forum for Asia in 2013, 2015 and 2018, sharing his thoughts on Asian development. Let's take a look at some of his quotes from these occasions.
At the 20th edition of the Boao Forum for Asia, President Xi Jinping's keynote speech emphasized the important role the Asia region and the connectivity provided by the Belt and Road Initiative can play in boosting global economic growth.
South China's Hainan province will host a number of sideline forums with a Hainan theme during the 2021 Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, which starts today, to seek closer integration of Belt and Road Initiative development with construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port, said Wang Sheng, director of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee's Foreign Affairs Office, at a news conference held in Haikou on Thursday.
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