On March 27, at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2025, Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Bangladeshi Interim Government, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and member of the Global Advisory Board (GAB) of School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University (Tsinghua SPPM), had a cordial meeting with Wu Xiaoling, former Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China and the inaugural Dean of Tsinghua University’s PBC School of Finance, and Zhu Xufeng, Dean of Tsinghua SPPM. Lamiya Morshed, Chief Coordinator of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Affairs of Bangladesh, and Mohammad Nazrul, Ambassador of Bangladesh to China, also attended the meeting.

Muhammad Yunus (center), Wu Xiaoling (second from left), Zhu Xufeng (second from right), Lamiya Morshed (first from right)

As a member of the GAB at Tsinghua SPPM, Professor Yunus stated his enduring commitment to the school’s development. He then outlined the global development framework of the Yunus Social Business Center and its progress within China. Furthermore, he detailed advancements towards the "Three Zero World" vision (zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero net carbon emissions), urging greater youth participation in the initiative.

Zhu Xufeng briefed Yunus on the overall development of Tsinghua SPPM and its GAB, with particular emphasis on the achievements of the school's all-English international degree programs. He noted that these programs have successfully trained over 700 students from developing countries, including five graduates from Bangladesh. Zhu Xufeng affirmed the school’s commitment to actively promoting research and youth initiatives related to Yunus’s "social business" theory and practice, and to strengthening collaboration with the 111 Yunus Centers across 40 countries. He expressed anticipation for Yunus's future visit to Tsinghua University and Tsinghua SPPM.

Yunus conveyed his enthusiasm for a future visit to Tsinghua University to engage with faculty and students. He also detailed the annual Yunus Social Business Day Youth Exchange Event, which will be held in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, this June.

At the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, Zhu Xufeng attended the sub-forum  "Developing Core Competitiveness through the Application of AI." He also gave exclusive interviews to media outlets including CCTV News, Xinhuanet, and Phoenix TV, sharing his in-depth analysis and insights on AI governance.

Zhu Xufeng attended the aforementioned sub-forum at the Boao Forum for Asia

During the sub-forum on March 26, Zhu Xufeng engaged in a vibrant discussion with distinguished guests, including Guo Yike (Provost, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Dino Otranto (CEO, Ford River Metals), Shen Dou (Executive Vice President, Baidu Group & President, Baidu AI Cloud Group), Hannah Qiu (Senior Vice President & China CEO, PayPal), Sihan Bo Chen (Head of Greater China, GSMA), Qian Kun (Senior Vice President, Qualcomm China), Liu Jiangang (Vice Chairman, KPMG China), Chen Yuqiang (Co-founder, Chief Scientist & Executive Director, 4Paradigm), Carl F. Fey (Professor of Strategy, BI Norwegian Business School), and Kevin Shi (Vice President of Product, Feishu). The discussion covered key themes such as "The biggest opportunities and challenges that artificial intelligence brings to human society," "How artificial intelligence changes our lifestyle and social form," and "Artificial intelligence brings another form of globalization."

Zhu Xufeng spoke at the sub-forum of the Boao Forum for Asia

On March 26, Zhu Xufeng was also interviewed live for CCTV News Channel's "Listening Boao" column, and granted a live interview to Xinhuanet. Xinhuanet subsequently published an article featuring the interview, titled "Boao Forum for Asia Thinkers' Meeting | Zhu Xufeng: Enhancing AI Literacy for the Intelligent Era, Ensuring Inclusive Access to Technology Dividends," on its homepage. The following day, March 27, Zhu Xufeng participated in a live interview with Phoenix TV International Channel, titled "Zhu Xufeng: Fueling China’s AI through Synergistic Collaboration in Industrial Chains and Digital Infrastructure."