Special report: Boao Forum for Asia 2006--"New opportunities for Asia"

Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong (2nd R, front) claps during his meeting with some businessmen and honored guests attending the fifth annual Boao Forum for Asia 2006 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province on April 21. (Photo: Xinhua)

Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong (C, front) poses for a group photo with ministers from home and abroad attending the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) in Boao on April 21. (Photo: Xinhua)

    BOAO, Hainan, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong met with members of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Board of Directors here on Friday.

    Zeng also met with Chinese and foreign ministers, representatives of business people and speech delivers attending the BFA annual conference as well as delegates to a BFA youth forum.

    The opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference 2006 is set for April 22 in the coastal scenic town in China's southernmost island province of Hainan.

    Zeng will attend the opening ceremony and deliver a keynote speech.

    Some 850 Chinese and overseas officials, business people and scholars will also attend the three-day forum. Enditem