Despite the negative impact of the pandemic, trade volume among countries within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) remained stable in general and was better than expected. Bucking the trend, China-Europe Railway outperformed other freight expresses and helped the global resource supply and transport alongside the road.
According to a survey on sustainable development based on enterprises, half respondents are neutral about the prospects of global economic recovery, while 60 percent are optimistic about Asia recovery, read the 2021 Annual Report of Sustainable Development on Asia and the World released at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) on Sunday.
Most entrepreneurs believe that in Asia, in addition to epidemic prevention and control measures, regional trade integration and strengthening cross-border infrastructure connectivity, through initiatives such as BRI and Connecting Euro-Asia, are among top main drivers of recovery, the report stated.
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The 2021 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) kicked off in Boao, a coastal resort in South China s Hainan Province on Sunday. In the post-COVID19 era, attendees anticipation for the conference, also the first international forum comprising mostly offline conferences this year, includes not only helping Asian countries shore up confidence in accelerating economic growth, but also taking it as an international exchange forum that has a global impact.
The four-day annual conference, which is themed around A World in Change: Join Hands to Strengthen Global Governance and Advance Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Cooperation, is scheduled to be held from Sunday to Wednesday this week.
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Strengthening cross-border infrastructure connectivity top main drivers of growth
By Chi Jingyi in Boao Published: Apr 19, 2021 05:48 PM
A China-Europe railway express cargo train carrying epidemic control goods arrives at a railway depot in Paris, France in June 2020. Photo: VCG
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Despite the negative impact of the pandemic, trade volume among countries within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) remained stable in general and was better than expected. Bucking the trend, China-Europe Railway outperformed other freight expresses and helped the global resource supply and transport alongside the road.
According to a survey on sustainable development based on enterprises, half respondents are neutral about the prospects of global economic recovery, while 60 percent are optimistic about Asia recovery, read the 2021 Annual Report of Sustainable Development on Asia and the World released at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) on Sunday.
Protecting children in the age of AI
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Their rights, privacy, and well-being must be protected in digital environments just as they are in the physical world
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Their rights, privacy, and well-being must be protected in digital environments just as they are in the physical world
We are now living among history’s very first “AI” generation. From the Alexas they converse with, to their robot playmates, to the YouTube wormholes they disappear into, the children and adolescents of today are born into a world increasingly powered by virtual reality and artificial intelligence (AI).