Boao Forum will be "the first major international event in 2021, planned mainly in person"
BOAO, April 18. /TASS/. Boao Forum for Asia kicked off on Sunday on the Chinese island of Hainan. The event, which will be held under the motto "Peace in Transformation: Let's Join Efforts for Global Governance and Cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative", will discuss the global changes brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. The organizers expect about 2,000 people to take part in the event.
"Our primary task this year is to provide assistance to the states of Asia and the whole world so that, in conditions of guaranteed epidemic security, they can strengthen consensus and mutual trust for the sake of overall growth and development," said the forum's Secretary General, former Deputy Foreign Minister of China Li Baodong on the eve of event.