Over 500 guests and representatives attend opening of Shanghai Forum 2025

The three-day forum will delve into three main areas: technological progress, sustainable development, and global governance, featuring 15 sub-forums. Topics will range from international competition and cooperation in a globalized context to economic transformations driven by technology, challenges of sustainable development, aging and health strategies, as well as the ethical dilemmas posed by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.

The event saw the co-sponsorship of 24 international organizations, businesses, universities, and research institutions, including the United Nations Development Programme, SK Group from South Korea, the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University in Italy, and the Brussels-based Centre for European Policy Studies. This collaboration aimed to foster interdisciplinary, cross-sector, and cross-industry dialogues to provide diverse solutions to core global development issues.