Chinese Consul General to San Francisco Wang Donghua gives a speech. (Photos: People's Daily online)

Luo Hua, Deputy Editor-in-chief of People's Daily Online gives a speech.

Steven Rockefeller Jr, chairman of PFC & SRJ culture addresses the forum.

Jointly launched by People’s Daily Online and People’s Daily Online West USA, the Global Bay Area Cooperation and Development Forum (GBAF), an international gathering aiming to deepen cooperation between bay areas, kicked off on March 29, 2019.