China News Agency, Beijing, January 11 (Reporter Xia Bin) The Boao Forum for Asia held a 2023 press conference in Beijing on the 11th.
Li Baodong, secretary-general of the forum, said that the forum will hold the 2023 annual meeting in Boao, Hainan at the end of March as usual in the spring of this year.
The annual meeting will be held offline while doing a good job in epidemic prevention. The specific date will be announced as soon as possible after it is confirmed.
It is reported that this year's annual meeting plans to set up four topics of "development and inclusiveness", "governance and security", "regional and global" and "present and future", aiming to better promote rational discussions among all parties about their own interests and common interests, short-term interests and long-term interests, so as to promote international cooperation and build consensus on development.
Li Baodong said that this year's annual meeting will invite leaders of various countries, including the host country China, government officials, heads of international organizations, business representatives, experts, scholars, and media personnel to attend the meeting to discuss post-epidemic development plans for Asia and the world.
Li Baodong said that the world today is standing at a new crossroads.
On the one hand, there are greater challenges and more difficulties; on the other hand, the international community has a stronger voice and stronger desire for stability and development.
He said bluntly that we should not allow the immediate difficulties to confuse the road map for achieving the sustainable development goals, and we should not allow partial differences in interests to cover up the needs of the overall and long-term interests.
If the international community can work together to deal with challenges such as the epidemic and geopolitical conflicts, and strengthen macro policy coordination, it will be able to push the world economy back on the track of recovery.
On the contrary, it may face the unfavorable prospect of economic downturn or even development regression.
Li Baodong emphasized that under this background, the Boao Forum for Asia will adhere to the original intention of promoting Asian economic integration, fulfill the mission of promoting the common development of the world, and actively promote dialogue and exchanges between China, Asia and other countries in the world.
The 2023 annual meeting of the forum will continue to focus on the frontier issues of development in Asia and the world, and is committed to building consensus among all countries to jointly promote the recovery of the world economy after the epidemic, and to promote the international community to strengthen policy coordination, solidarity and cooperation, to meet common challenges and promote common development.
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