The Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023 will be held from March 28 to 31 in Boao town of Qionghai city, South China's Hainan province, according to an official statement released on Friday.

It said that this year the forum will be held entirely offline. 

BEIJING - The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2022 which ended on Friday was closely watched by business runners and scholars worldwide as the global economy desperately needs impetus and certainty.

Many of them stressed the importance of the Boao discussions on Asia and world economy, as well as global challenges, saying the forum helps build consensus and draw a blueprint for global governance on sustainable development.

Boao event told of how infrastructure projects are transforming economies

Projects carried out under the Belt and Road Initiative have greatly benefited the participating countries and helped them withstand the pandemic's impact, say overseas officials and entrepreneurs who are calling for intensified international cooperation.

The emerging metaverse technologies are expected to be integrated into a wide range of sectors including industry, agriculture, manufacturing, retail and consumption, and will fundamentally change the way people work and interact in their daily lives, experts and business executives said on Friday.

Denis Depoux, global managing director at Roland Berger, told a metaverse forum during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022 that the metaverse will help to strongly accelerate industrial modernization and industrial digitalization.

Carbon neutrality signifies an economic and social transformation at the systemic level through green and low-carbon energy development, business executives and experts said on Friday.

So, more efforts are needed to promote synergy and complementarity of various energy sources and accelerate the integrated development of energy with sectors like construction and transportation and drive the digital transformation of energy, they said at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022, held from Wednesday to Friday.

17 more Chinese firms face action; CSRC hints at allowing inspections

Negotiations between Chinese and US regulators over audit issues involving US-listed Chinese companies have proceeded smoothly so far and a cooperation agreement appears possible, said Fang Xinghai, vice-chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, on Thursday night.

A group of new national parks will be established this year in key ecological regions around China to boost sustainable development and provide more public eco-products for a shared community of mankind, a senior official with the national forestry authority said on Thursday.

Regions that hold important ecological functions, including the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River watersheds, will be home to the emerging new national parks, said Li Chunliang, vice-minister of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

President Xi Jinping's speech calling on countries around the world to work together to tackle global governance challenges was hailed by international experts as timely and for offering calm and stability at a turbulent time in global politics.

While delivering a keynote speech via video at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022 on Thursday, Xi likened countries around the world to "passengers aboard the same ship who share the same destiny", noting that "for the ship to navigate the storm and sail toward a bright future, all passengers must pull together".

President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech via video link at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022 on Thursday.

He stressed the importance of upholding a vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, and adhering to non-interference in internal affairs.

Energy integration is crucial for the world to achieve low-carbon and green development, business leaders and experts said at a sub-forum in Boao Forum for Asia, on Wednesday in Hainan province.

"The core of sustainable development lies in high-quality development, innovation and integration, and integration is of vital importance," said Song Hailiang, chairman of Energy China Group.

The cooperation and negotiation between the Chinese and US regulators over the audit issues for US-listed Chinese companies have been proceeding smoothly and a cooperative agreement can be achieved soon, said Fang Xinghai, vice-chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission on Thursday night.

Fang made such statements during the ongoing Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022. China will continue its high-level opening-up of the capital market, he said.

China's central bank governor Yi Gang on Friday underlined the importance of grain production and energy supply for ensuring price stability amid rising inflationary pressure worldwide.

"Price stability is our policy priority," Yi said, adding that agricultural production and the production and import of key energies - such as coal, oil and gas - are the focus of financial services.

BOAO -- Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng on Thursday called for the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) to actively provide "Boao plans" for regional development, and make more suggestions for pandemic response cooperation, global economic recovery and low-carbon development, among other issues.

Han, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when he met in South China's Hainan province with members of the BFA board of directors and representatives of the forum's strategic partners.

China will expand its high-standard opening-up and fully implement the negative list for foreign investment, President Xi Jinping said in a keynote speech via video link on Thursday at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022.

Xi said the country will expand the encouraged catalog for foreign investment, improve services for promoting foreign investment and add more cities to the comprehensive pilot program for expanding the opening-up of the service sector.

Asia has become a global powerhouse of innovation and intellectual property rights, which has given a strong boost to the world economy, said the head of the China National Intellectual Property Administration at the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan province on Wednesday.

During the "Intellectual Property in Asia: Trends and Opportunities" sub-forum, Shen Changyu, the administration's head, highlighted that IPR, as a strategic resource for national development and enhancing international competitiveness, plays an important role in today's world.

Cold War mentality would endanger world's peace, says China's top leader

President Xi Jinping proposed a Global Security Initiative on Thursday, calling on the international community to reject a Cold War mentality, oppose unilateralism and say no to group politics and bloc confrontation.

Editor's note: Entitled "The World in COVID-19 & Beyond: Working Together for Global Development and Shared Future", this year's Boao Forum for Asia annual conference is underway in Boao, a coastal town in China's southern Hainan province.

Here are some of the quotes taken from speeches given the forum.

The 2022 Annual Conference of the Boao Forum for Asia held under the theme of "The World in COVID-19 & Beyond: Working Together for Global Development and Shared Future" is underway in Hainan province from Wednesday to Friday.

The forum is expected to call for promoting international unity and global cooperation with a key focus on post-pandemic development and green, innovative, inclusive and collaborative development.