Openness and Innovation: Toward Greater Prosperity and a Brighter Future

    Xi Jinping delivereda keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2018 on April 10, 2018

“Openness and Innovation: Toward Greater Prosperity and a Brighter Future” is a keynote speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2018 on April 10, 2018. The speech states, “We live at a time in which the trend toward peace and cooperation is overwhelming, the trend toward openness and connectivity is overwhelming, and the trend toward reform and innovation is overwhelming. The people of all of our countries will work together to build this community and to make both Asia and the world peaceful, tranquil, prosperous, open, and beautiful places. This new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics marks a new chapter in China’s rejuvenation and sets the stage for greater shared prosperity between China and the rest of the world. China will not close its door; we will only become more and more open. Opening up is a strategic decision made by China based on its own need for development. It also represents a concrete step taken by China to promote economic globalization in a way that benefits people around the world.”