On 28 March 2024, the South China Sea Sub-forum of Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2024 was successfully held at Boao International Conference Center. The forum was jointly organized by National Institute for South China Sea Studies, China Oceanic Development Foundation and Secretariat of Boao Forum for Asia. More than 200 experts, scholars, diplomats, former politicians and government officials, and representatives of international organizations from 15 countries and regions attended the conference. LEE Chun, founding and executive partner of Grandall Law Firm and director of CIRD-Grandall Free Trade Port Legal Research Center, was invited to attend the conference and gave a speech in the session of the blue economy cooperation in the South China Sea and the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port.