‘The China Development Forum [in Beijing] and the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference [in Hainan Province] will soon get underway, as will the Summer Davos, or the World Economic Forum’s global meeting on innovation, science and technology, in Tianjin. I have learned many foreign business leaders have applied to participate,” Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said at a press conference on the sidelines of the First Session of the 14th National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, on March 7, where he answered questions about the country’s foreign policy and external relations.
The BFA, sometimes referred to as the “Asian Davos,” takes its name from the town of Boao, once just a small fishing village in China’s southern island province of Hainan, which has been the permanent venue
