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17:14, 28-May-2018
Shanghai Forum stresses Asian responsibility in a world of change
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The three-day annual conference Shanghai Forum 2018 held its closing ceremony at Shanghai Fudan University on Monday. This year, nearly 1,000 political, business and academic elites and media representatives from all over the world gathered to discuss “Asia’s Responsibilities in a World of Change”, aiming at seeking Asia's future mission in the new global political and economic pattern.
The forum consisted of six panels, including “Global Governance”, “Environmental Governance”, “Public Security”, “Social Governance”, “Scientific and Technological Innovation” and “Culture and Civilization”, together with 13 round-table conferences and 14 sub-forums.
The forum touched upon issues of common concern in Asia and even in the world, such as major-country relationship, the Belt and Road Initiative, artificial intelligence, green governance, green financial innovation, measures to aging and polar governance and exploration.
Shanghai Forum is an international large-scale academic forum sponsored by Fudan University, Korea Foundation for Advanced Education and Fudan Development Institute. It aims to build a platform for communication between Chinese and foreign intellectuals from political, commercial and academic fields, to offer suggestions for regional development and national plans.
Since 2005, when Shanghai Forum was founded, almost 4,000 guest speakers have attended the forum. The forum in innovation as a pioneer in order to promote human progress, national development and people's livelihood. It has gradually become a well-known forum brand at home and abroad, which helps to connect global intelligence.
The Organizing Committee of the forum decides to change the 12-year theme from “Economic Globalization and the Choice of Asia” to “Global Governance and Asia” this year, in expectation that Asia will provide more resources and intelligence in a grander pattern of global governance.