Over 2,600 delegates, including government officials, entrepreneurs and scholars from over 60 countries and regions, are expected to attend the 2021 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference in person, authorities said at a press conference Sunday.

The modern vegetable industrial park, built with assistance from east China's Shandong Province, covers a combined area of 4,711 mu (about 314 hectares) with a planned total investment of 1.06 billion yuan (about 162.6 million U.S. dollars).

Aerial photo taken on April 18, 2021 shows tourists enjoying leisure time at Aoshan Bay in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province.

The city of Tianshui in northwest China's Gansu Province has a long tradition of making silk carpets. The technique, which involves more than 20 procedures, was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2014 due to its artistic value and complexity.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a special event of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to present Hubei Province to the world, in Beijing, capital of China, April 12, 2021.

Chinese Ambassador to the Solomon Islands Li Ming and Solomon Islands Health Minister Culwick Togamana signed the vaccine handover document at the ceremony, witnessed by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.