Abstract: On October 21-22, 2023, the 7th China Frontier Economic Opening and Development Forum and Bozhou "Belt and Road" Forum were held in Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. The forum was attended by more than 120 experts and scholars from national ministries, universities, high-end think tanks, etc. With the theme of “Deeply integrating into the ‘Belt and Road’ and promoting high-quality development of Border economy”, the participating experts jointly discussed the achievements and experiences of economic development in border areas since the “Belt and Road” initiative was put forward. They also had in-depth exchanges on how to better align and serve the “Belt and Road” Initiative with high-quality development of frontier economy in the future. This forum brings together the wisdom of many parties and provides new ideas, important theoretical references and practical application value for the construction of a theoretical system of frontier economics with Chinese characteristics and the high-quality development of the frontier economy under the new situation.
Keywords: Border economy; the “Belt and Road”; high-quality development; opening up; digital economy

Reprinted from Guangxi Economic Journal, 2024,42(02):31-37.