2019年CRI 2019 Boao Forum for Asia focuses on development, innovation

This year's Boao Forum¹ for Asia is underway in Hainan, under the theme "Shared Future, Concerted Action, Common Development."

The four-day forum covers various wide-ranging topics such as open economy, innovation-driven growth, high-quality development, multilateralism, regional cooperation and global governance.

Boao sees thousands of delegates taking part in 50 official sessions, CEO talks and roundtable meetings.

Chinese Premier² Li Keqiang will deliver a keynote speech at the forum's opening session on Thursday.

Forum Secretary-General Li Baodong says he expects the event will address many of the challenges facing the world economy.

"When deciding on themes and topics for this year, we were impressed by concerns over unilateralism and trade protectionism. We hope the Boao Forum for Asia can do some in-depth thinking on how the world economy will go and how to deal with these challenges," says Li.

Some of these challenges include economic growth, monetary³ policy and volatility⁴ in the international markets.

The forum is designed to provide Asian-based solutions to how economies can ward⁵ off a potential slowdown.

Li Baodong also says this year's forum is going to have a focus on the integration⁶ of urban and rural areas.

"How can some developing countries achieve urbanization while making villages more beautiful and improving people's living standards at the same time? We hope experts and entrepreneurs can shed light on this field," says Li.

He also says discussion groups are going to be formed to talk about ways to potentially manage and regulate new technologies, including 5G and artificial intelligence (AI).

"For example, how great an impact on jobs will robot application be and may new technologies like AI and drone hurt human's development? The international community should make standards and rules with a foresight⁷ and study new problems of global governance beforehand," says Li.

The Boao Forum for Asia was established in 2001, and it has evolved into one of the most prominent economic forums⁸ in Asia, often dubbed⁹ the "Asian Davos."

1 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

2 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

3 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

4 volatility   

n.挥发性，挥发度，轻快，（性格）反复无常

参考例句：

• That was one reason why volatility was so low last year.这也是去年波动性如此低的原因之一。
• Yet because volatility remained low for so long,disaster myopia prevailed.然而，由于相当长的时间里波动性小，灾难短视就获胜了。

5 ward   

n.守卫，监护，病房，行政区，由监护人或法院保护的人（尤指儿童）；vt.守护，躲开

参考例句：

• The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
• During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。

6 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

7 foresight   

n.先见之明，深谋远虑

参考例句：

• The failure is the result of our lack of foresight.这次失败是由于我们缺乏远虑而造成的。
• It required a statesman's foresight and sagacity to make the decision.作出这个决定需要政治家的远见卓识。

8 forums   

讨论会； 座谈会； 广播专题讲话节目； 集会的公共场所( forum的名词复数 )； 论坛，讨论会，专题讨论节目； 法庭

参考例句：

• A few of the forums were being closely monitored by the administrators. 有些论坛被管理员严密监控。
• It can cast a dark cloud over these forums. 它将是的论坛上空布满乌云。

9 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》