BOAO - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is delivering a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2016 annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia, held in China's Hainan, on Thursday morning.

The theme for this year's conference is "Asia's New Future: New Dynamics and New Vision."

Eight years have passed since the occurrence of the international financial crisis, but its profound impacts have not been eliminated, the premier said.

The recovery remains uneven in the emerging economies and sluggish in the developed ones, Li said.