BOAO, Hainan, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday said that the Cold War mentality should be discarded and new security concepts be nurtured as Asia explores a path to ensure security.

"To build a community of common destiny, we need to pursue common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security," the president said at the opening ceremony of the 2015 annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia in the coastal town of China's southernmost island province of Hainan.