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Gongwu showcased 
The Boao Review
,  the 
official media platform for the Boao Forum 
for Asia, which has published 11 bilingual 
Chinese and English issues in a little more 
than two years, and has also built up a full-
media platform. The Boao Review has also 
established a think-tank network of leading 
figures in domestic and foreign government, 
business, and academia, and is continuing to 
build on its intellectual resources.
 
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In closing, Song Gongwu introduced the 
concept behind the Boao Salon – established 
in September 2014 to further promote 
the value and power of ideas – in order to 
enable more participants to engage in the 
development of speaking opportunities at the 
Forum, and he expressed the hope that the 
Boao Salon would further elevate the level of 
debate, and truly become a leading platform 
for the interchange of thoughts and ideas.
BFA Hosts New Year 
Reception
 
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On January 20, 2015, the Boao Forum for 
Asia (BFA) hosted a New Year reception at 
the China World Summit Wing in Beijing as 
a token of gratitude to those who have long 
been supportive of BFA’s development.
 
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BFA Secretary General Zhou Wenzhong 
reviewed in his speech what had been 
accomplished by the BFA in the past year 
and thanked all stakeholders for their support 
for the BFA. He said that the BFA will 
continue to promote regional cooperation 
in the Asia-Pacific region, encourage the 
translation of economic complementarity 
into growth drivers, expand the convergence 
of interest and build an Asia-wide 
community for mutually beneficial and win-
win development. Moreover, he added that 
the BFA will continue to serve as a platform 
to build consensus across Asia and make 
the voice of Asia heard around the world. 
The reception was moderated by Wu Jun, 
Executive Director of the BFA Secretariat.
 
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The reception was graced by the 
presence of more than 200 Chinese 
government officials, business leaders, 
academia and media representatives, 
foreign diplomats and the BFA’s long-
term partners, including: Zhang Guobao, 
Chairman of the Advisory Board at the 
National Energy Administration; Huang 
Shuhe, former Vice-Chairman of the 
State-owned Assets Supervision and 
Administration Commission; and Wei 
Jianguo, Vice Chairman of the China Center 
for International Economic Exchanges.
BFA Members Club 
Activity on the Silk Road 
Economic Belt
 
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Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) held its first 
Members Club event in 2015 at China World 
Summit Wing on January 20, 2015, themed 
“Heritage for Development, Cooperation for 
Prosperity — Opportunities and Challenges 
from the Silk Road Economic Belt”. The 
event featured a keynote speech and a 
panel discussion on the topic of the Silk 
Road Economic Belt, an idea proposed by 
Chinese president Xi Jinping in his tour 
to Kazakhstan in 2013 and immediately 
attracted widespread attention worldwide.
 
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As a route of common development 
connecting China with Europe, Central 
Asia and West Asia, the economic belt 
is expected to exert influence that goes 
beyond the region and enables Asia and 
the rest the world to achieve common 
development. In his keynote speech, Ou 
Xiaoli, Deputy Director-General of the 
Department of Western Region Development 
of the National Development and Reform 
Commission, elaborated the concept of 
the Silk Road Economic Belt, including its 
content, strategic direction, potentials and 
areas where the Chinese government will 
focus its efforts. 
 
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The keynote was followed by a discussion 
on the same topic by Ou Xiaoli, Zhao 
Jinping, Director-General of the Department 
of Foreign Economic Relations with the 
Development Research Center of the 
State Council; Yang Xiyu, Executive Vice 
President of the BFA Research and Training 
Institute; and He Gang, Managing Editor of 
the 
Caijing
 magazine. The panel analyzed the 
opportunities and challenges brought by the 
economic belt from different perspectives and 
put forward suggestions for BFA members to 
seize the business opportunities arising from 
the economic belt.
 
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The event was hosted by Wu Jun, 
Executive Director of the BFA Secretariat 
with more than 150 BFA members and 
partners from China and abroad attending.
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Program Finalized and 
Preparations Underway 
for BFA Annual 
Conference 2015
 
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On January 20, 2015, Mr. Zhou 
Wenzhong, Secretary General of the Boao 
Forum for Asia (BFA), briefed journalists on 
preparations for the upcoming BFA Annual 
Conference 2015 at a press meeting held by 
the BFA at the China World Summit Wing in 
Beijing.
 
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Zhou said that BFA Board of Directors 
has decided to hold the Annual Conference 
from March 26 to 29 in Boao, Hainan 
Province, China. The opening plenary will 
be held on the morning of March 28, when 
Chinese President Xi Jinping and a number 
of other state leaders will grace this opening 
ceremony with their presence.
 
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After several rounds of discussions 
among the Board of Directors, members 
and partners, "Asia’s New Future: Towards 
a Community of Common Destiny” has 
been selected as the theme of this year’s 
Annual Conference. Through participant's 
brainstorming, the Annual Conference aims 
to encourage countries from Asia and the 
rest of the world to transcend their conflicts 
and disputes, and instead as a community, 
work to seek common ground by together 
dealing with the good and bad to build an 
open, inclusive, and win-win partnership for 
common development.
 
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Centered on this theme, the 2015 Annual 
Conference has developed 73 informative 
and diverse sessions, with topics ranging 
from macro economy, regional cooperation, 
and industry transformation to technology 
innovation, political security and social 
welfare. New modules of agriculture, justice 
and religion have also been added for the first 
time into the program.
 
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To date, the BFA has confirmed around 
200 speakers for the Annual Conference. At 
the opening plenary on March 28, Chinese 
President Xi Jinping and more than 10 state 
leaders will deliver keynote speeches around 
the theme, “Asia’s New Future: Towards a 
Community of Common Destiny”. Some 
state leaders will also attend certain sessions 
and close-door meetings. In addition, over 20 
minister-level speakers have been confirmed 
to attend the Annual Conference, together with 
more than 10 officials from international and 
regional organizations, 80 business leaders 
and 30 experts and scholars, as well as more 
than 20 media representatives and 10 cultural 
leaders. The program and participant’s list 
have been released on the BFA’s website and 
will be updated from time to time.
 
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Zhou also said that as a non-government 
and non-profit international organization, 
the BFA has been largely dependent on 
corporate partnership for its operations 
and development. Despite the global and 
domestic economic slowdown, the BFA has 
still managed to find enough partners for 
the conference. Confirmed partners include 
strategic partners SABIC and Shanghai 
General Motors Co., Ltd.; diamond partners 
Fortescue Metals Group, Kweichou Moutai 
Co., Ltd. and Samsung; platinum partners 
QQ.com, China Fortune Land Development 
Co., Ltd. and HNA Group; gold partners 
Deloitte China, China Environmental 
Energy Holdings Co., Ltd., China Power 
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