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China cuts disaster mortality by half and calls for strengthening cooperation around risk reduction Format © UNDRR Disaster risk reduction was prominently featured at the annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia, highlighting the increasing centrality of risk reduction to economic growth and the need to increase international cooperation around its goals. The Boao Forum conference, which ran from 18 to 21 April in the Chinese town of Boao, is often described as China’s version of the World Economic Forum in Davos and has become a high-level platform for political and economic dialogue. The session on “Disaster Management and Sustainable Development,” was organized by China’s Ministry of Emergency Management and focused on strengthening international cooperation around disaster risk reduction to protect development investments and gains.

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