Global leaders are in China for the Boao Economic Forum, as the world looks to China to drive economic growth. 

The Boao Economic Forum started in 2001 as a way to discuss the global economy. This year is the first since 2020 where the forum is in-person. Chinese Premier Li Qiang is calling on governments around the world to work together to energize global growth. Li also called for more cooperation and support for global security initiatives. 

Joining the discussion:

• Huiyao Wang is Founder and President of the Center for China and Globalization. 
• Hang Qian is a partner in Oliver Wyman’s Financial Services. 
• Remi Piet is a Senior Partner at Embellie Advisory. 
• Sourabh Gupta is Senior Asia-Pacific international relations policy specialist at the Institute for China-America Studies.

Foreign leaders called on all countries to stick to solidarity and cooperation to jointly meet global challenges and promote world economic growth, while delivering speeches at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia.
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— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) March 30, 2023

As Europe is still suffering from the geo-political crisis and the US financial system is bringing increasing risks to Western economic recovery this year, the world is placing greater hope on China to drive the post-pandemic recovery in 2023: experts.https://t.co/uorZuqu6tO

— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) March 27, 2023