Boao sees the tide of world reform and opening up rushing into the sea

　　CCTV News:In April, Dongyu Island, Hainan, was breezy and sunny, and the 2018 annual meeting of Boao Forum for Asia will open here. This is the opening work of China’s home diplomacy this year. More than 2,000 guests from all over the world gathered together to discuss win-win cooperation and seek common prosperity and development.

　　The supreme leader will attend and deliver a keynote speech. This is the third time that he attended the annual meeting of Boao Forum for Asia as president, China, which fully shows that he and the China government attach great importance to and strongly support the forum.

　　"Integrating into the world economy is the general direction of history. If China wants to develop its economy, it must dare to swim in the sea of Wang Yang in the world market."　

　　Stand in Boao and see the world. Over the past few years, under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, the wave of reform and opening up in China has been surging and merged into the world economic ocean.

　　Boao sees the tide of Hainan’s reform and opening up.

　　On March 28th, 2015, the Supreme Leader of president attended the opening ceremony of the 2015 annual meeting of Boao Forum for Asia and delivered a keynote speech. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)

　　In 2001, Boao Forum for Asia was permanently settled in Hainan, and Boao jumped from a little-known fishing village to a world-famous "diplomatic town".

　　Xie Nanjian felt deeply about this change. He was hired by Hainan Province as the chief photographer of Boao Forum for Asia for 13 consecutive years, and witnessed the process of Boao Forum for Asia from scratch and from small to large with pictures.

　　"At the beginning of the preparation, the overall facilities in Boao were relatively backward, and the living and eating environment was quite simple. At that time, Boao only stayed at the Golden Coast Hotel, and the reception capacity of Qionghai was limited. Some representatives even lived in Haikou and Sanya. " Xie Nanjian said, "After several years of rapid development, the supporting facilities of Boao Forum for Asia have been gradually improved, and a large hotel cluster has been built. The transportation has also changed from walking to riding a motorcycle to driving a car. Now it is possible to fly directly to Boao, which can be described as earth-shaking changes. "

　　In 17 years, Boao’s old look changed; In the past 30 years, Hainan’s ancient music score has been a new chapter. The change in Boao is only a microcosm of the development of Hainan Special Economic Zone. Looking back on the 30 years of Hainan Special Economic Zone, the "Boao-style" development miracles abound:

　　-Look at the island and see the butterfly change in a world-class tourist city. Hainan adheres to its own advantages and actively adapts to the market demand. The integrated industrial chain of food, housing, travel, shopping and entertainment has become more and more perfect, and the service industry led by tourism has become a veritable pillar industry in Hainan. In 2017, the service industry contributed 79.5% to Hainan’s economic growth, accounting for 53.7% of the total economy.

　　-Go through the rain forest and feel the ecological road in Hainan Province. Making the mountains greener, the sea bluer and the sky bluer is Hainan’s persistence and care for the ecology. In the past five years, Hainan has implemented a large-scale greening campaign, with nearly 2 million mu of afforestation, 222,000 mu of ecological restoration, and 3.15 million seedlings planted on Sansha Island Reef, with a forest coverage rate of 62.1% in the province.

　　-Go to the countryside, listen to the peasants and live a well-off life. The 30 years since Hainan was established as a province to run a special zone are 30 years of entrepreneurial revitalization and 30 years of poverty alleviation. In 2017, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in Hainan Province was 12,902 yuan, which was once dubbed as a "particularly underdeveloped area" and 300 poverty-stricken villages were about to be lifted out of poverty.

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　　30 years is only a moment in the vast history. However, at this moment, unprecedented vicissitudes have taken place in Hainan. A series of reforms, a series of pioneering, and a series of explorations show the heroic figure of Hainan proudly standing at the forefront of reform and opening up, reflecting Hainan’s fearless spirit of reform and opening up!

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out in the report of the 19th National Congress: "Implement the strategy of rural revitalization and establish and improve the system, mechanism and policy system of urban-rural integration development." Hainan seized the opportunity of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the provincial special zone, and with one point of deployment and nine points of implementation, accelerated the construction of a beautiful new Hainan and entered a new era.

　　Undoubtedly, Hainan, which is in its 30s, has the best opportunity for development.

　　Hainan sees the tide of China’s reform and opening up.

　　The establishment of Yangpu Bonded Port Area has made Hainan once again stand on the commanding heights of reform and opening up. (Source: Hainan Daily)

　　Great historical processes always leave a deep impression on important time nodes. With the approach of Boao Forum for Asia, two important historical moments met unexpectedly in Boao Town: the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Hainan Special Economic Zone and the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening up.

　　From a closed and backward border island to an international tourist island with pleasant scenery, Hainan’s growth footprint in the past 30 years is the epitome of China’s reform and opening up. Looking back on the past 40 years, the tide of reform and opening up in China has never stopped.

　　-sustained, rapid and healthy economic development. Since the reform and opening-up, China’s economy has been developing at a medium and high speed, people’s living standards have been continuously improved, and its GDP has been ranked 15th in the world from 1978 (367.9 billion yuan) to the second place now (74,412.7 billion yuan)!

　　-Science and technology education has developed rapidly. Mozi messaging, Shenzhou flying, high-speed rail flying, sky-eye sounding, Beidou networking, supercomputing, mobile payment, online shopping … … China is at the forefront of the world in more and more fields of science and technology, and even ranks first in the world.

　　-the people’s living standards have been continuously improved. Over the past 40 years, the living standards of China people have made a qualitative leap. People’s pursuit of life has long been not limited to eating and wearing warm clothes, but began to pursue quality and taste.

　　-the international status has been continuously improved. During the 40 years’ rapid development, China’s international status and international influence have been increasing day by day, and it has become an important force for maintaining world peace and development.

　　"We should promote all-round opening up with a broader vision, higher target requirements and more powerful measures, accelerate the development of a higher-level open economy, accelerate the cultivation of new trade formats and new models, and actively participate in ‘ Belt and Road ’ Construction, strengthening innovation ability and open cooperation. " The supreme leader once again stressed at the two sessions this year.

　　"until the banks at low tide widened, with no wind stirring my lone sail." In the past 40 years, the strong wave of reform and opening-up has stirred up layers of waves in China. Reform and opening up have made China a truly great country, and China has truly made a great leap from being rich to being strong.

　　China sees the tide of world reform and opening up merging into the ocean of destiny community.

　　Aerial photo of Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (Source: China Government Network)

　　Pakistani Prime Minister Abasi said when he was about to attend the Boao Forum for Asia in China that the Boao Forum for Asia had developed into an important and influential international conference, and he hoped that this annual meeting could create a common vision for the "Asian Century" through multi-dimensional and frank exchanges.

　　Over the past 17 years, Boao Forum for Asia has always been open to the world, from insisting on promoting trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, to proposing to work together to build a community of Asian destiny, and then to look at the development of Asia and emerging economies from a global perspective, enhancing dialogue and economic ties between Asia and the rest of the world.

　　As an international cooperation platform to show China’s development achievements and convey China’s voice to the world, Boao Forum for Asia has always been highly concerned by the top leaders. From promoting the "Belt and Road Initiative" in 2013, to "moving towards a community of destiny" in 2015, and then to "facing the future of globalization and free trade" in a congratulatory letter in 2017, the supreme leader is pointing out the maze and injecting momentum into the development of the world economy every time he speaks.

　　In the past year, the trend of "anti-globalization" in the form of populism and protectionism has aroused widespread concern. Is globalization "Alibaba’s Cave" or "Pandora’s Box"?

　　At the end of 2017, the Supreme Leader stated China’s position in his congratulatory letter to the Fortune Global Forum: "The door to China’s opening will not be closed, but will only grow wider."

　　At the upcoming annual meeting of Boao Forum for Asia in 2018, the top leaders will once again give a profound explanation on how China can promote opening up, further expand and deepen reform.

　　I became attached to Boao Forum for Asia five times in eight years. The top leaders’ attention to Boao is actually a good wish for Hainan Province to "establish itself and make a career" in the past 30 years, and it also reflects China’s confidence and determination to unswervingly promote reform and opening up in the new era. An open, stable and prosperous China is the well-being of the people of the world. It is expected that China will continue to deepen cooperation with Asian countries and other countries in the world to jointly promote the prosperity and development of the global economy. (Text/Cheng Xiang Dai Mengmeng)