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Bo'ao Forum Serves as Platform for Regional Cooperation: Scholar

The upcoming first annual conference of the Bo'ao Forum for Asia, to be held in South China' s Hainan Province, will serve as a platform for Asian countries to promote regional cooperation and jointly explore solutions to common economic and social problems, a renowned Chinese scholar said Friday in Haikou.


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The upcoming first annual conference of the Bo'ao Forum for Asia, to be held in South China' s Hainan Province, will serve as a platform for Asian countries to promote regional cooperation and jointly explore solutions to common economic and social problems, a renowned Chinese scholar said Friday in Haikou.

Chi Fulin, executive president of the China (Hainan) Reform and Development Research Institute and a designer of the theme for the first annual meeting, said that through regional cooperation many significant economic and social problems confronting Asian countries could be solved.

The theme -- New Century, New Challenge and a New Asia: Asia Economic Cooperation and Development -- is the fruit of a collective consultation of Asian scholars, said Chi.

He said that two factors in the world economy propel Asian countries to sit together and discuss their common problems. First, the weakening of the world economy threatens the development of the Asian economies. Second, economic globalization is picking up speed and Asia should not be left out of this process.

Scheduled to start April 12, the meeting intends to address issues of regional cooperation in Asia, financial reform, `` digital Asia", and the globalization and industrialization of the media. The research institute headed by Chi is a supporting organization.

Chi said that, to date, more than 1,400 participants have registered for the conference, including state and corporate dignitaries. "This shows that the event has attracted widespread attention among Asian countries. This is good for establishing a three-tier dialogue mechanism involving the government, industrial and commercial enterprises, and scholars," said Chi.


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