The annual meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), which will
be held in Boao, a scenic town in southernmost China's Hainan
Province, is ready, the BFA secretariat said on Monday.?
The two-day meeting, themed as "A Win-Win Asia: Asia That Opens
up to the World," will start on April 24 as scheduled.
Chinese President Hu Jintao will address the meeting. Leaders or
former leaders of other countries, including Cambodia, Pakistan,
Malaysia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States, will
attend the meeting.
Delegates with international institutes, including the World
Bank, the Asian Development Bank and UNIDO (United Nations
Industrial Development Organization), and over 100 multinationals
will also participate in the forum.
The annual meeting will discuss traditional issues, such as
economic cooperation between Asian partners, and current
international focuses, especially the lagging World Trade
Organization's Doha Development Agenda (DDA), said Long Yongtu, BFA
secretary-general.
The peaceful rise of China is also a topic of the BFA annual
meeting, Long said.
Experts from world-class research institutes will have in-depth
discussions with their Chinese colleagues, Long noted.
(Xinhua News Agency April 20, 2004)