Editor's note: The 12th Lujiazui Forum kicked off in Shanghai on Thursday. With the theme of "Shanghai International Financial Center 2020: New Starting Point, New Mission, New Vision", the two-day forum gathered government officials and financial experts to discuss and foster international financial cooperation and further the reform and opening-up of China.

This year's forum adopted videoconferencing for the first time to connect overseas speakers who cannot be present in Shanghai due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

Here are some of the quotable quotes captured from the forum.