The RCEP Media & Think Tank Forum was held in Haikou, Hainan province, on May 23, 2021. Officials, ambassadors, media veterans and scholars attended the event to share their thoughts on how the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement will propel cooperation in Asia.

The forum was jointly organized by the Publicity Department of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee, China Daily, China Institute for Reform and Development, and China Institute for Free Trade Ports with Chinese Characteristics.

It aims to demonstrate the good momentum of the development of China's free trade zone and the construction of Hainan's free trade port to the international community, and promote exchanges and cooperation between media and think tanks in the RCEP.