Free trade zones partnership boosts global cooperation

Panelists at the Global Free Trade Ports Development Forum said on Wednesday that they have confidence in the collaborative potential of the world's free trade zones and ports.

"We hope that the free trade zones and ports all over the world can harness their distinct geographical, industrial and resource advantages to establish a unified, open and cooperative framework — ultimately advancing the global free trade zones partnership initiative to greater openness and inclusivity," Liu Xiaoming, the governor of South China's Hainan province, said in a speech at the forum in Boao, Hainan.

Part of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2024, the free trade ports forum, with the theme "Partnership, Opening-up, Cooperation", encapsulated the aspiration to seek partnerships, cultivate open market environments and foster win-win cooperation, Liu said.