The annual Boao Forum for Asia will focus on safeguarding globalization and free trade this year as the world faces mounting economic pressure and more unstable factors and uncertainties, Li Baodong, forum secretary-general said on Wednesday in Beijing.
Liu Cigui, Secretary of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee, said during his visit to the CIIE that Hainan warmly welcomes companies with the world's newest and most advanced medical technology, products and services to start business in Hainan.
The 2018 Media Cooperation Forum on Belt and Road opened in Boao, Hainan, on Tuesday, attracting 256 guests representing 205 media and institutions from 90 countries and international organizations.
The Ninth 10+3 Media Cooperation Forum opened on Monday in Boao, Hainan province, gathering around 100 media representatives to discuss new ideas and new focus for win-win cooperation in East Asia.
The first China-Africa Forum on Tropical Agricultural Science and Technology Cooperation was held in Boao, Hainan province, on Thursday, with more than 100 officials and experts from China and African countries participating and seeking creative and sustainable development in tropical agricultural science and technology cooperation.
Chinese company iFlytek, which manufactures voice recognition devices, brought a group of 500 artificially intelligent "volunteers"—iFlytek AI Translators—to the Boao Forum of the Asia 2018 Annual Conference, which runs from April 8 to 11 in Boao, Hainan province.
