Hu Shuli, publisher of Caixin Media, speaks at the opening of the 13th Caixin Summit via video link on Thursday. Photo: Caixin

Caixin Media’s editor-in-chief Wang Shuo addresses an opening speech at the summit via video link. Photo: Caixin

European Union ambassador to China, Jorge Toledo Albiñana (right), attends a discussion session hosted by Huang Shan, deputy managing editor of Caixin Media and editor-in-chief of the Caixin Summit, in Beijing. Photo: Caixin

Steven Barnett, senior resident representative of IMF China, speaks during the “Emerging Paradigm of Investment in Asia” discussion session. Photo: Caixin

Zhao Peng, chief executive officer of Citadel Securities, delivers a speech via a video link during a session hosted by Li Xin, managing editor of Caixin Global. Photo: Caixin

Lawrence H. Summers, former secretary of the treasury of the U.S. talks to Li Zengxin, deputy general manager of Caixin Global and international director of Caixin Insight during a discussion session. Summers is Harvard University’s president emeritus and Charles W. Eliot University Professor. Photo: Caixin

Vandita Pant, BHP’s chief commercial officer, joined the “Climate, Energy and Low Carbon Transition” panel discussion via a video link. Photo: Caixin

Xu Lin, chairman of the China-U.S. Green Fund, speaks at the “Climate, Energy and Low Carbon Transition” panel discussion. Photo: Caixin

Zhou Dadi, vice president of China Energy Research Society, also attended the “Climate, Energy and Low Carbon Transition” panel discussion. Photo: Caixin

Guests attend the “New Forces in the Digital Economy” panel discussion at the summit’s Beijing venue. Photo: Caixin

Actor Hawick Lau speaks at the drama forum titled “Why Do We Need Drama More Today?” in Beijing. Photo: Caixin

Wang Jingsheng, the winner of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy and special expert of National Culture and Arts Think Tank delivers a speech at the summit’s Shenzhen venue in South China’s Guangdong province, on Thursday. Photo: Caixin