STORY: At Boao Forum, China sends messages of win-win with robust growth, opening-up
SHOOTING TIME: March 26, 2024
DATELINE: March 28, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:52
LOCATION: BOAO, China
CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Boao Forum
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ARAVIND YELERY, Associate professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MICHELE GERACI, Former Undersecretary of State at Italian Ministry of Economic Development
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BEN SIMPFENDORFER, Asia Pacific Head of Oliver Wyman Forum
5. various of Boao Forum

STORYLINE:

The 2024 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference is being held from March 26 to 29 in Boao, a coastal town on China's island province of Hainan.

Themed "Asia and the World: Common Challenges, Shared Responsibilities," this year's conference draws about 2,000 delegates from over 60 countries and regions and more than 1,100 journalists from about 40 countries and regions.

Participants attending the forum have hailed China's high-level opening up and robust growth, saying China's high-quality development benefits the world.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ARAVIND YELERY, Associate professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
"The more China opens, it brings more opportunities for the neighboring countries, and for countries from distant regions. China has been playing a very important role in global GDP, driving the global GDP. The global economy has a lot of prospects to expect from China and China will have a key role to play that."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MICHELE GERACI, Former Undersecretary of State at Italian Ministry of Economic Development
"China now is the main component of the world growth. We do want China (to be) prosperous, because it's a market for us, for European companies that are exporting into China.
It's in the interest of Western countries to see a growth in China."

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BEN SIMPFENDORFER, Asia Pacific Head of Oliver Wyman Forum
"China matters to the global economy. It is a source of global growth. It is a source of global innovation. We need to remain very collaborative. We need to ensure that the exchange of innovation continues."

Founded in 2001, the BFA is a non-governmental and non-profit international organization committed to promoting regional economic integration and bringing Asian countries closer to their development goals.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Boao, China.
(XHTV)