Xi Jingping’s message to Biden: It’s no longer enough to acknowledge China as an emerging superpower Xi Jingping’s message to Biden: It’s no longer enough to acknowledge China as an emerging superpower At the Boao Forum Asia annual conference, the Chinese president made it clear that he wants Beijing to be treated as an equal. 5 hours ago China's President Xi Jinping delivering a speech during the opening of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2021 in Boao, south China's Hainan province on April 20. | STR / AFP Chinese President Xi Jinping’s muscular speech to the Boao Forum Asia annual conference was clearly designed to send a signal to the United States that China regarded the change of administration as an opportunity for a renewed dialogue on contentious issues.