On March 28, 2023, the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023 officially kicked off in Boao, Hainan. The 4-day Boao time has come. What kind of Boao voice will be conveyed in 2023? The reporter sorted out the key words of this year's annual meeting and led readers to see the highlights of the annual meeting.

Guests

The annual conference was fully resumed offline. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore, Prime Minister Anwar of Malaysia, Prime Minister Sanchez of Spain, Prime Minister Asch of Côte d'Ivoire, and Georgieva, President of the International Monetary Fund were invited to attend the opening ceremony and deliver speeches. In addition, 92 senior ministerial and former officials from various countries, 11 heads of international and regional organizations, and many business leaders and famous scholars participated in the discussion. According to preliminary statistics, about 2,000 representatives from more than 50 countries and regions and more than 1,100 journalists from more than 170 media organizations from about 40 countries and regions participated in this annual meeting.

Annual meeting theme

The theme of the annual meeting is an uncertain world: unity and cooperation to meet challenges, openness and inclusiveness to promote development. Uncertainty stands out and is a salient feature of today's world. This uncertainty is highlighted by a series of major challenges. Whether it is the epidemic, geopolitical conflicts, world economic downturn, or global warming, each challenge is not only related to the present, but also to the future. In the face of these challenges, the international community's calls for strengthening cooperation and promoting development have grown louder and their desires have become stronger.

On the afternoon of March 28, the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023 Forum on the New Pattern of Industrial and Supply Chains was held at the International Convention Center

The annual meeting provides a discussion platform for the world to jointly explore solutions to problems. Through discussions, seek certainty in an uncertain world, promote solidarity and cooperation among countries around the world, and better meet challenges; adhere to openness and inclusiveness, and better promote development.

Annual Meeting Topics

The annual meeting set up four major topics for discussion, including development and inclusiveness, governance and security, regional and global, and present and future, to further promote rational discussion of the relationship between self-interest and common interests, short-term interests and long-term interests.

Hainan elements

Hainan elements concentrated in this annual meeting. Hainan will host activities such as the Global Free Trade Port Development Forum, the Dialogue Hainan sub-forum, the booming moment—thematic press conference on the progress and achievements of Hainan in the past five years of comprehensively deepening reform and opening up, and the wind from the sea—Sanya Innovation and Development Theme Exhibition, etc., to fully demonstrate Hainan's reform achievements, open attitude and characteristic culture.

Belt and Road

2023 will usher in the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. Over the past ten years, with the joint efforts of all parties, the circle of friends along the Belt and Road has continued to expand, and more than 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations have signed cooperation documents. In the future, how will the Belt and Road co-construction countries strengthen cooperation, promote digital transformation, deepen economic and trade cooperation, and promote economic recovery and development? This year's annual meeting set up a sub-forum on the Belt and Road: Sharing Development Opportunities, and guests will discuss the optimal path on this.

digital economy

Under the shadow of the global economic recession, the digital economy is still accelerating its integration and development, and its ecology is still gradually improving. How to further enhance digitalization and industrial integration, so that innovation can better benefit society? How to further improve supervision, promote digital economy to optimize stock and increase increment? At the sub-forum on promoting the digital economy, Wang Jiangping, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, will have an in-depth dialogue with representatives of China Construction Bank, ZTE, Honor, Baidu, iFlytek and other companies.

artificial intelligence

A few days ago, the launch of the ChatGPT chat robot has sparked heated discussions. In the development of artificial intelligence, what new trends deserve attention? How can artificial intelligence meet the needs of smart cities, smart transportation, smart medical education and other fields, and better improve human life experience? Tian Qi, Chief Scientist of Huawei Cloud Artificial Intelligence, and Cai Xinfa, Special Assistant to the President of Ping An Bank, will introduce their explorations at the annual meeting.

ECO development

Green development is a frontier issue in world development and a key link in achieving high-quality development. This year's annual conference will focus on green development and energy issues, and set up several sub-forums such as carbon neutrality: difficulties and breakthroughs, global green energy and green hydrogen supply chain, and the future of clean energy, so as to help the world face the challenge of climate change and practice Green development gathers wisdom. Editor/He Yuting