Li Baodong, BFA Secretary General said at the closing press conference that the firm support for multilateralism and globalization is the most important outcome and the most encouraging message from this year's forum. A cooperation document was signed between the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (UN) and BFA.

The BFA annual conference this year took place from March 26 to 29 in Boao, a coastal town in Hainan, with the theme "Shared Future, Concerted Action, Common Development." More than 2,000 representatives from 60 countries participated at the conference.