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A BETTER ASIAN AND GLOBAL FUTURE

cooperation in Asia and the world has no ultimate finishing line, only
fresh starting point after starting point. China is ready to join hands with
friends from across the globe to create a bright Asian and global future
to benefit the people of both Asia and the world.
Let me conclude by wishing the Boao Forum for Asia Annual
Conference 2013 every success!

Note
1 The Chinese zodiac cycle includes 12 years. Each year is related to an animal — rat,
ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig.
2 Huan Kuan, On Salt and Iron (Yan Tie Lun), an important work for the study of the
history of economics and thought during the Western Han Dynasty (206BC–AD25). The
author was a court minister of that dynasty.

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