STORY: Boao forum seen as platform to seek solutions for global challenges
SHOOTING TIME: March 26-28, 2024
DATELINE: March 29, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:26
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): BEN SIMPFENDORFER, Partner of Oliver Wyman Asia Pacific & Head of Oliver Wyman Forum
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): HANS-PAUL BURKNER, Chairman of Boston Consulting Group
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): AUVO KAIKKONEN, Head of Regional Representation to China and Mongolia, European Investment Bank

STORYLINE:

Attendees of the ongoing Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2024 in south China's Hainan Province have taken it as a good platform to seek solutions for global challenges.

Many believe that the conference comes at a critical time as the world is facing increasing uncertainties.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ARAVIND YELERY, Associate professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
"The forum is a very critical initiative. Most of the top leaders in academics, in businesses, in policy-making, all come together. We need forums like this. I think it has tremendous importance for all of us."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BEN SIMPFENDORFER, Partner of Oliver Wyman Asia Pacific & Head of Oliver Wyman Forum
The gathering of business executives and policymakers from around the region and around the world is an opportunity to understand what's happening in different markets and to identify our shared challenges and of course to then come up with some collaborative solutions.

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): HANS-PAUL BURKNER, Chairman of Boston Consulting Group
I think it's very important that we continue to work across the world together on key issues, of course, trade, economic development, but also the green transformation that will be required of all countries around the world. And clearly, China and Asia play a very important role in this development.

SOUNDBITE 4 (English): AUVO KAIKKONEN, Head of Regional Representation to China and Mongolia, European Investment Bank
I think it's very important to realize that these challenges are global. This meeting is very important in bringing together relevant stakeholders to discuss the challenges that are facing all of us.

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