Four dreams and a vision

The fourth dream is to promote global governance reform. This year's theme of "Asia Seeking Development for All: Restructuring, Responsibility and Cooperation" shows that the BFA is according priority to restructuring, which needs the cooperation of Asian countries.

The BFA, in fact, made restructuring the theme of the annual conference in 2012. Over the past few years, discussions on the international monetary system, reform of the global financial and trading systems, the responsibilities of G20 and global cooperation to tackle climate change and other issues have gradually become the highlight at the BFA.

This reflects not only the need for real reform of global economic governance, but also Asian nations' increasing concern over global issues because of the rise in Asia's overall strength and deepening interdependence with the outside world. This also reflects the BFA's broader vision and long-term goal.

Hopefully, the BFA can, as President Xi said in his keynote speech, lead to a new starting point, scale even greater heights and realize its dreams.

The author is a researcher at the World Politics Research Institute, affiliated to the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.