Openness for Greater Prosperity, Innovation for a Better Future

Keynote Speech by H.E. Xi Jinping President of the People's Republic of China At the Opening of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2018 Boao, 10 April 2018 Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government, Heads of International Organizations, Ministers, Incumbent and Incoming Members of the Board of Directors of the Boao Forum for Asia, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends, Hainan today greets us with green mountains, blue ocean, gentle breeze and warm sunshine. — Over the last four decades, the Chinese people have significantly unleashed and enhanced productivity in China through hard work with an unyielding spirit. — Over the last four decades, the Chinese people have blazed a path of socialism with Chinese characteristics through determined exploration with a pioneering spirit. — Over the last four decades, the Chinese people have kept forging ahead and demonstrated the strength of the nation through keeping pace with the progress of the times.