Boao, Hainan, on the coast of the South China Sea. From March 28th to 31st, the 2023 annual meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia arrived as scheduled, bringing together the global political, business, and academic communities to seek peaceful development and win-win cooperation. "Boao Time" has attracted worldwide attention. Starting from an unknown fishing village, the Boao Forum for Asia has grown into a high-level dialogue platform with both Asian characteristics and world influence over the past 20 years. The world looks forward to the "Boao Voice". This year's annual meeting is the first annual meeting held entirely offline since the COVID-19 epidemic. Behind the theme of "The Uncertain World: Uniting and Cooperating to Meet Challenges, Opening and Inclusive to Promote Development", participants are eager to share wisdom and build consensus in dialogue and consultation. At a new starting point, the world is once again turning its gaze to the east and looking forward to the new "Boao Plan" converging a strong collective force to overcome difficulties and create a future. Unite and work together to forge a consensus on development in an uncertain world. At 9:30 am on the 28th, with half an hour to go before the press conference, the Seagull Hall of the Boao Forum for Asia News Center is already packed and full. The 2023 annual meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia is the first time to fully resume offline meetings since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, and it is also an important home multilateral diplomatic activity after the two sessions of China. Starting on the 28th, in four days, about 2000 guests gathered in Boao Town to analyze the development situation in Asia and the world and gather consensus on cooperative development. This is a platform for communication, collaboration, and sharing wisdom at a new starting point - based in Asia and facing the world. In 2001, at the beginning of the establishment of the Boao Forum for Asia, Asia had just experienced the heavy impact of the financial crisis and the difficult economic recovery. Along the way, the Forum has grown from small to large, and the "Boao voice" has grown from weak to strong. It has made positive contributions by proposing many valuable "Boao proposals" in terms of consolidating the Asian consensus, promoting cooperation among all parties, promoting economic globalization, and promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. "This year's annual meeting will continue to focus on cutting-edge issues of development in Asia and the world, working to build consensus among countries to jointly promote the recovery of the world economy after the pandemic, and promoting greater policy coordination and solidarity and cooperation among the international community to meet common challenges and promote common development," said Li Baodong, Secretary General of the Boao Forum for Asia. This year's forum focuses on four major sectors: development and inclusive, governance and security, regional and global, and current and future. It will contribute new wisdom to global governance and development through various activities such as sub forums and round tables. This is a platform to explore a way out and jointly promote development in the face of major changes - what's wrong with the world at present, the COVID-19 epidemic, geopolitical conflicts, and the decline of the world economy? What should the international community do? "A World of Uncertainty: Uniting and Cooperating to Meet Challenges, Opening and Inclusion to Promote Development". The theme of this year's annual meeting meets the development needs of all parties and reflects the common aspiration of the international community to seek peace, cooperation, and development. "Uncertainty is still the hot word of the year," said Ban Ki moon, chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia. Facing the new normal full of uncertainty, only unity and cooperation can