About Boao Forum for Asia

As a non-governmental international organization headquartered in China, the Boao Forum for Asia is committed to promoting Asian economic integration and bringing Asian countries even closer to their development goals. It is today the premier forum for government leaders, corporate executives and opinion leaders from the academia and the media to think, debate and act on the most pressing issues in Asia, emerging economies and the world at large. The Forum was initiated by Former Filipino President Fidel Ramos, Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Former Japanese prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa in 1998, launched by 28 Asian countries and inaugurated in 2001. The Annual Conference of the Forum is convened each April in Boao, Hainan, China since 2002.

Asia Searching for Win-Win

Hu Jintao, President, People’s Republic of China
With the support of fellow Asian countries and the larger international community, the Boao Forum for Asia has developed steadily, playing an increasingly prominent role in regional cooperation and demonstrating to the rest of the world the fervent desire of the Asian people for a win-win scenario though closer cooperation.

Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister, Japan, April 2002
The three values of freedom, diversity and openness are the driving forces behind peace and development in Asia

Lee Han-Dong, Prime Minister, Republic of Korea, April 2002
The 21st Century is a time for Asia to become the center of the world economy

Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor, Singapore
China and India both re-awakened in a peaceful and stable Asia is good for the world. They will be sources of a new vitality, adding to the discoveries in science and technology to improve the human condition.

George W. Bush, the 43rd President, United States of America, April 2009
The center of the world economic stage is shifting from Atlantic to Pacific

Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation
The next great success will come from Asia

Zhang Ruimin, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Haier Group
Companies have to go through three steps in going global: Going Out, Going In, Going Up

Leif Johansson, President of AB Volvo & CEO of the Volvo Group
The dynamic and open Asia has explained why state leaders and business people from all over the world have gathered together here in Boao today

What to expect

• Interact with the most influential leaders from Asian and other parts of the world on the most pressing issues of Asia in Boao
• Network with your peers in an informal, relaxed and exclusive setting
• Be informed and inspired through the 3-day intensive clash of ideas and wisdom among 1400-odd delegates
• Develop Asian perspectives and Build Asian consensus
• Search for Win-Win in Asia through promoting regional economic integration