‘21st Century Maritime Silk Road and Economic Cooperation of the Greater South China Sea‘ held at Boao Forum

The session of "21st Century Maritime Silk Road and Economic Cooperation of the Greater South China Sea" is held during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2018 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

Paul D. Gewirtz, professor & director of China Center of Law School at Yale University, speaks at the session of "21st Century Maritime Silk Road and Economic Cooperation of the Greater South China Sea" during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2018 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

Wu Shicun, president of National Institute for South China Sea Studies, speaks at the session of "21st Century Maritime Silk Road and Economic Cooperation of the Greater South China Sea" during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2018 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

Jusuf Wanandi, senior fellow & co-founder of Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Indonesia, speaks at the session of "21st Century Maritime Silk Road and Economic Cooperation of the Greater South China Sea" during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2018 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

Paul D. Gewirtz (L), professor & director of China Center of Law School at Yale University, talks with Zheng Yongnian, director of East Asian Institute of National University of Singapore, at the session of "21st Century Maritime Silk Road and Economic Cooperation of the Greater South China Sea" during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2018 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

Oh Ei Sun, senior adviser on International Affairs, Asia Strategy and Leadership Institute in Malaysia, speaks at the session of "21st Century Maritime Silk Road and Economic Cooperation of the Greater South China Sea" during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2018 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)