On March 19, 2015, Hong Lei, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the P. R. of China, said at a regular press conference that upon invitation, Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2015 and deliver a keynote speech.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Austrian President Heinz Fischer, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Zambian President Edgar Lungu, Governor General of Australia Peter Cosgrove, Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Massimov, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Qatari Prime Minister Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan L?fven, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn and other foreign leaders will attend the annual conference upon invitation.

The Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2015 will be held in Boao, Hainan Province from March 26 to 29 under the theme of Asia's New Future: Towards a Community of Common Destiny. Over 70 official events in macro-economy, regional collaboration, industrial transformation, technical innovation, political security, people's livelihood and other fields are on the agenda. As the host country, the Chinese side hopes that the annual conference will build up solidarity and cooperation among Asian countries and promote economic integration in the region. We also hope that the conference will steam up the building of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and increase communication and cooperation between Asia and the rest of the world.

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