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    SETTING A NEW AGENDA

    Apr 15, 2021 6 minutes
    By Wang Hairong

    After a hiatus imposed by COVID-19, the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) will resume its annual rendezvous at the eponymous tropical town in the Chinese island province of Hainan.

    The conference, to be held from April 18 to 21 with over 2,000 persons attending offline, will be “the world’s first large-scale on-site international conference in 2021,” BFA Secretary General Li Baodong said at a press conference in Beijing on March 30. In addition, a number of national leaders, former political dignitaries and heads of international organizations will join the meeting via video link.

    This year’s meeting will center on the theme A World in Change: Join Hands to Strengthen Global Governance and Advance Belt and Road Cooperation. Topics for discussion fall into six categories: Explore China, Understand the Changing World, Belt and Road Initiative Cooperation, Embrace the Industrial Changes, Dance with New Technologies, and Development for All.

    The primary task of the event is to help Asian countries and the wider world build a consensus on development, and reshape growth confidence while ensuring pandemic

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