Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2017 opens in south China

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli delivers a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference in Boao, south China's Hainan Province on Saturday, March 25, 2017. [Photo: Xinhua]

Delegates attend the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2017 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 25, 2017.[Photo: Xinhua/Guo Cheng]

Delegates attend the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2017 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 25, 2017.[Photo:cri.cn]

Zhou Wenzhong, secretary general of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), presides over the opening ceremony of the BFA Annual Conference 2017 in Boao, Hainan Province, March 25, 2017. [Photo: cri.cn]

Fukuda Yasuo, chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia, delivers a welcoming speech at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2017 in Boao, Hainan Province, March 25, 2017. [Photo: cri.cn]

Zeng Peiyan, vice chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia, reads a congratulatory letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping to the forum. [Photo: cri.cn]