The 2022 Annual Conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) would be held on April 20-22 at Boao, in China's Hainan province, under the theme of "The World in COVID-19 & Beyond: Working Together for Global Development and Shared Future," the BFA said in a statement on March 17.

"The Annual Conference will be an on-site occasion supplemented with online links, where delegates from governments, business, academia and media all over the world will gather and discuss the post-pandemic development agenda for Asia and the world, focusing on green development, innovative development, inclusive development and collaborative development, so as to promote international solidarity and cooperation," the statement mentioned.