BOAO, Hainan, April 9 -- In a world troubled by grave uncertainties over growing protectionism, China is highly expected to inject new vitality into globalization and free trade.
All eyes are on Chinese President Xi Jinping, who will address the annual conference of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) on Tuesday and is expected to flesh out plans for expanding reform and opening-up.
Tariffs have been proposed by the United States on billions of U.S. dollars of Chinese goods and trade tension between the world's two biggest economies has rarely been higher.
As the U.S. administration erects "walls," Asian nations, led by China, are seeking to build bridges. At the BFA annual conference, it is hard to find any attendee in favor of protectionism.
"Trade is about mutual respect, and nobody can stop globalization," said Jack Ma, founder and chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, as he warned against Trump administration's threatened trade war with China on Monday.
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President Xi set out his defense of globalization at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last year, just days before U.S. President Donald Trump took office.
The BFA annual conference is President Xi's first home-court diplomacy after he took his second term in March, where he is expected to reassure the world that China remains open for business.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has revealed highlights of Xi's speech including unveiling new prospects for reform and opening-up, interpreting the new era of China's development, making new proposals for the future, promoting new progress in partnership, and injecting new impetus for BFA development.
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