April 10, 2018

BOAO — Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to expand opening-up and promote global prosperity in a keynote speech on Tuesday at this year's Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference, winning praise from world leaders in attendance.

The four-day annual meeting, which opened on Sunday in Boao, a resort in China's southern island province of Hainan, is themed "An Open and Innovative Asia for a World of Greater Prosperity."

As this year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up, Xi stressed that "China's reform and opening-up meets its people's aspiration for development, innovation and a better life. It also meets the global trend toward development, cooperation and peace."

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