– Solidarity and Cooperation for Development amid Challenges



On March 30, 2023, the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023 was held in Boao, south China's Hainan Province

Wang Baosheng, Editor-in-Chief of Chinese Culture Figures/Photo Report



Premier Li Qiang attended the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023 and delivered a keynote speech entitled “Following the Vision of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind and Bringing More Certainty to World Peace and Development”



Ban Ki-moon, the Chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia, gave a welcome speech, stressing that all parties should cooperate sincerely to promote sustainable and inclusive development in the world and move towards a peaceful and prosperous future



Li Baodong, Secretary General of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), presided over the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023



Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in his speech that realising Asia’s promise depends on the region remaining stable, inclusive, and open



Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said in his speech, “The modernization of China and the growth of Asia have brought benefits to the whole world” and only through dialogue, solidarity and cooperation can countries rebuild trust. Spain is willing to strengthen its interaction with China and other countries in the world



In his speech, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim thanked China for its help to Malaysia in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and stressed the importance of all countries in the world upholding the values of unity and a shared common stake



In his speech, Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire Patrick Achi said that in the face of increasing global challenges, all countries must persist in helping each other and carry out sincere and firm cooperation



In her speech, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva said that through cooperation and solidarity, the twin beacons of light we can rely on to guide us through the challenges that lay ahead



Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh, director of the Boao Forum for Asia and CEO of SABIC, said that China plays a key role in promoting sustainable global economic growth, and SABIC will continue to cooperate with China to promote mutual benefit and win-win



Andrew Forrest, Founder and Executive Chairman of FMG, gave a welcome speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023



This year's Boao Forum for Asia focused on the theme of "An Uncertain World: Solidarity and Cooperation for Development amid Challenges " to conduct dialogues and exchanges, demonstrating China's firm determination to promote a high level of openness to the outside world and inject new momentum into the struggling world economy



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       (Wang Baosheng, Editor-in-Chief of Chinese Culture Figures) From March 28 to 31, the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023 was held in Boao, Hainan. Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Qiang, Chairman of the Forum Ban Ki-moon, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire Patrick Achi, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Galymzhan Koishybayev, Mongolia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Development Khurelbaatar, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva, and about 2,000 representatives of political, business and think tank scholars from more than 50 countries and regions attended the meeting.
       At present, the world economic recovery momentum is insufficient, and economic growth is facing many uncertain factors. It is urgent for all countries to unite and cooperate to meet challenges and promote development through openness and inclusiveness. Focusing on "An Uncertain World: Solidarity and Cooperation for Development amid Challenges,” this Boao Forum for Asia conducted dialogue and exchanges, demonstrating China's firm determination to promote high-level opening up and injecting new momentum into the difficult recovery of the world economy.
       On the morning of March 30, Premier Li Qiang attended the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023 and delivered a keynote speech entitled "Following the Vision of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind and Bringing More Certainty to World Peace and Development". Li Qiang said that in today's world, instability, uncertainty and unexpected developments have become the norm. People yearn for more and stronger forces of certainty to drive the world to a brighter future Ten years ago, President Xi Jinping put forward the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind and went on to propose the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the Global Security Initiative (GSI) and the Global Civilization Initiative (GCI). Over the past ten years, China has taken concrete actions to advance the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, and achieved a series of major outcomes. What has happened shows that the vision of a community with a shared future for mankind has become a banner that guides the trend of the times and human progress, and a source of certainty for lasting peace and shared prosperity in the world.
       Li Qiang pointed out that we must hold high the banner of the vision of a community with a shared future for mankind, join hands to foster an Asian community with a shared future and we need to work together to build an anchor for world peace, a source of impetus for global growth, and a new pacesetter for international cooperation, to add certainty to world peace and development First, working together to maintain a peaceful and stable environment for development to bring greater certainty to the fluid global environment. Second, working together to build a more vibrant center of growth to bring greater certainty to world economic recovery. Third, working together to expand effective ways for enhanced solidarity and cooperation to bring greater certainty to the shifting global governance. Fourth, working together to pursue deeper and more substantive people-to-people exchanges to bring greater certainty to the interactions among civilizations.
       Li Qiang pointed out that as we join hands to meet challenges through cooperation and promote development with an open and inclusive mind, we will bring greater certainty to Asia and the world, and usher in an even brighter future for humankind.
       Ban Ki-moon, Chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia, gave a welcome speech. He listed several of the most serious problems facing the world at present-climate change, poverty, and inequality, and called for abandoning antagonism and confrontation and meeting global challenges through unity and cooperation. He emphasized that all parties should cooperate sincerely to promote sustainable and inclusive development in the world and move towards a peaceful and prosperous future.
       Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in his speech that Asia is a vibrant region with enormous promise, but at the same time, it is influenced by the geopolitics of global turmoil. “Realising Asia’s promise depends on the region remaining stable, inclusive, and open.” He looks forward to all parties contributing more actively to regional and global development and prosperity, to benefit Asia and the world.
       Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said in his speech, “The modernization of China and the growth of Asia have brought benefits to the whole world” and only through dialogue, solidarity and cooperation can countries rebuild trust. Spain is willing to strengthen its interaction with China and other countries in the world. He pointed out that cooperation between Europe and Asia has broad prospects, “Let's fulfill our promises with actions”.
       In his speech, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim first thanked China for its help to Malaysia in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and stressed the importance of all countries in the world upholding the values of unity and a shared common stake. In his view, the world development process and current development trends in the past few decades show that all countries have the right to choose different development paths that suit themselves.
       Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire Patrick Achi believes that in the face of increasing global challenges, all countries must persist in helping each other and carry out sincere and firm cooperation. “In the face of common challenges, Africa regards Asia as a strategic partner and actively learns from Asia.” The year 2023 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Cote d'Ivoire and China. Achi said that both Cote d'Ivoire and China are striving to achieve peace, stability, and prosperity, and believe that the cooperation between the two sides will surely yield fruitful results.
       Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva said in her speech, “Through cooperation and solidarity, the twin beacons of light we can rely on to guide us through the challenges that lay ahead.” “Despite all the forces of fragmentation, we know we are stronger together.”
       Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh, director of the Boao Forum for Asia and CEO of SABIC, said that “China plays a key role in promoting sustainable global economic growth,” and SABIC will continue to cooperate with China to promote mutual benefit and win-win results. “China set a gross domestic product growth target at 5% for 2023. This fully proves that China will unswervingly open wider to the outside world and promote high-quality development.”
       Andrew Forrest, Founder and Executive Chairman of FMG, gave a welcome speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023.
       Li Baodong, Secretary General of the Boao Forum for Asia, presided over the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023.
       This Boao Forum for Asia is the first entirely offline annual conference of BFA since the COVID-19 outbreak. During the four-day session, more than 30 sub-forums and activities were held.
       Speaking at the closing press conference for the BFA's annual conference, BFA secretary general Li Baodong said that all parties have expressed a high degree of agreement with the theme of this year's annual conference, “An Uncertain World: Solidarity and Cooperation for Development amid Challenges,” which is considered to meet the development needs of all parties and provides important guidance for dealing with the uncertainties in the world today.
       Li Baodong said that this annual conference has achieved important positive results, deeply analyzed the main problems facing the world today, enhanced the consensus of the international community on solidarity and cooperation, and put forward suggestions for promoting the recovery and sustainable development of the world economy.
       All parties believe that we should not waste precious time on geopolitical confrontation, ideological confrontation, and geo-economic fragmentation, but unite as one to meet long-term challenges together; To truly achieve stability and prosperity, we must maintain free and fair trade, adhere to openness and tolerance, revitalize multilateralism, and deepen regional cooperation; Asian countries should continue to deepen their cooperation, especially promote economic cooperation and friendly relations between China and other Asian countries, and at the same time expand cooperation with foreign countries.

（Editor: Zhang Yan, Liu Sheng)）