According to the latest schedule of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) 2024 Annual Conference published on the BFA's official website on 12 March, the BFA 2024 Annual Conference will be held in Bo’ao, Hainan, from March 26 to 29, and will include a number of forums and roundtable discussions.

The theme of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2024 is ‘Asia and the World: Common Challenges, Common Responsibilities’. The BFA hopes to call on all Asian countries to strengthen unity and cooperation, rebuild confidence and trust, and jointly promote peace and development.

This year's annual conference will feature four main topics: World Economy, Science, Technology and Innovation, Social Development, and International Cooperation, and four major areas: The Global Economy, Scientific and Technological Innovation, and Social Development and International Cooperation, each of which reflects the main theme of solidarity for development.

According to the latest information, the following forums will be held at this year’s BFA:

-Deepening Financial Cooperation in Asia

-How far is the breakthrough moment of technological revolution?

-Accelerating Transition toward Zero-Carbon Power

-AIGC Reshaping the World

-Innovation, Greenness, Digital Intelligence and Integration Led High-Quality Development

-Accelerating Climate Action

-The Future of New Energy Vehicles

-Global Geopolitical Outlook

-Global Economic Outlook

-Making Companies More Innovative

-Global Free Trade Port Development

-Rise of the Global South

-The Health Equity Frontier – Closing the Rare

-Disease Care Gap

-The Global Security Initiative: Addressing Security

-Challenges and Promoting World Peace

-China Economic Outlook

-Roundtable on Intellectual Property for Sustainable Development

-Sustainability Disclosure, the New Normal

-Global AI Governance

-Digital Economy in Integration and Innovation

-Asia: Building an Epicentrum of Growth

-Real Economy: The way forward

-Overcoming Political Hurdles to Address the Climate Crisis

-Financing a Greener “Belt and Road”