Blue waves and silver beaches, warm coconut breeze, another beautiful spring. The Boao Forum for Asia 2025 Annual Conference has arrived as scheduled in Hainan, China. This ideological gathering centered around great changes, adaptation, and seeking change attracted nearly 2000 delegates from over 60 countries and regions. New and old friends who have crossed mountains and seas include senior government officials, heads of international organizations, renowned experts and scholars, as well as executives from multinational corporations. The Boao Forum for Asia brings together leaders, thinkers, and decision-makers from various countries to discuss how to build a better future The speech of Agus, the Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development Coordination of Indonesia, expressed the voices of many guests present. The theme of this year's forum annual meeting is "Creating Asia's Future Together in the Changing World". The world today is not peaceful, unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, the fragmentation of the world economy is intensifying, and the century long changes are accelerating. How to adapt to the great changes? Why seek change? The agenda of this forum's annual meeting focuses on the prominent challenges of current global and regional development. How can AI achieve a balance between application and governance? How to rebuild trust in the midst of global changes? What is the future of population aging and pension reform Guests from all sides expressed their own opinions and spoke freely. Change often implies instability and uncertainty. Many guests expressed the need to seek certainty for this world. China is an important source of stability. One of the core advantages of China's economic system is stability Carl Fei, a strategic professor at the Norwegian Business School who has been observing China's development for a long time, bluntly stated that the predictability of China's policies injects more confidence into the world. A scene is quite interesting. On the afternoon of March 25th, the first high-end dialogue of the forum's annual meeting focused on "China's Reform and Economic Outlook", and people crowded the room to attend. On stage, three Chinese speakers elaborated in depth. In the audience, almost half were foreign listeners, many of whom stood and listened attentively throughout the entire process. Everyone wants to know where China's reform is going and where the Chinese economy is going to start. The Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference held shortly after the closing of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is an important platform for the outside world to understand China's development direction and policy measures. American economist Jeffrey Sachs said that China has achieved remarkable economic success and embarked on the path of promoting world development. Only by understanding China can we better explore opportunities. It is worth mentioning that many foreign guests attending the conference have been staying in China for several days. Some multinational executives have transferred from the China Development Forum 2025 Annual Conference held in Beijing a few days ago, while others have traveled to multiple cities in China to visit enterprises, factories, and universities before coming to Boao. AstraZeneca's global CEO, Subaru, said that after more than 30 years of deep cultivation in the Chinese market, AstraZeneca has witnessed China's continuous development in the field of life medicine. "We believe that Chinese innovation can help hundreds of millions of patients worldwide. Abdulrahman Al Fati, CEO of Saudi Basic Industries, stated that achieving sustainable development relies on two main factors: innovation and cooperation. "In China, we have found the perfect combination and seen vast opportunities. China still has a strong magnetic force, which is a common feeling among many foreign executives. The visit to China has also strengthened everyone's confidence in investing in and deeply cultivating China. The tide of the times always rushes forward. A China that opens its doors wider and wider will continuously inject positive energy into the turbulent and intertwined world, and continue to become a hotbed for industrial development and a stage for win-win cooperation. (New Society)