Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, meets with members of the BFA Board of Directors Friday in Boao, Hainan Province.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BOAO, Hainan Province, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, met with delegates of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) here Friday.

    Among the delegates were members of the BFA Board of Directors, senior government officials, business leaders and scholars and experts, speakers attending the BFA annual conference, and delegates to BFA youth forum.

    The opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia 2007 annual conference is scheduled for April 21 in this coastal scenic town in China's southernmost island province of Hainan. Wu will deliver a keynote speech at the opening ceremony.

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    BOAO, Hainan Province, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), said here on Friday that China would like work together with Pakistan to continuously push forward bilateral relations

    Wu made the remark in his meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who is in Boao, south China's Hainan province, to attend the annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) scheduled to open on April 21.

    China's top legislator meets officials, business people from Hong Kong, Macao

    BOAO, Hainan Province, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met here Friday with officials and business people from Hong Kong and Macao who are here to attend the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference.

    Wu met with Edmund Ho Hau Wah, Chief Executive of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) and Henry Tang Ying-yen, Financial Secretary of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), as well as a group of business people from the two regions.

    Chinese top legislator meets Vincent Siew

    BOAO, Hainan Province, April 20 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Wu Bangguo met here Friday with Vincent Siew, chairman of Taiwan-based Cross-Strait Common Market Foundation, and a delegation consisting of Taiwan entrepreneurs on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference.

    Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), said the cross-strait economic development depends on a peaceful and harmonious environment.

    BFA to look at corporate social responsibility and global warming

    BOAO, Hainan Province, April 20(Xinhua)-- The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) should promote corporate social responsibility, BFA Secretary-General Long Yongtu said at a news conference here Friday.

    The BFA, an annual gathering of business and political leaders on China's southern Hainan island, has attracted 1,410 guests this year, including Bill Gates and 679 other business leaders, from 36countries and regions.

    Foreign media clamor to report Asian "Davos" 

    BOAO, Hainan Province, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Foreign media will be partners for the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) for the first time, according to a BFA press officer here Friday.

    The Financial Times, Bloomberg and BBC World have become the BFA's official media partners, said Li Qian, press officer of the BFA secretariat.

    BFA Chairman Ramos: BFA not trying to undermine Davos 

    BOAO, Hainan province, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) has no intention of replacing the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, said BFA chairman Fidel Ramos here Friday.

    Ramos, former president of the Philippines, told a press conference that the aim of the BFA is to provide a platform for Asian economies to discuss macroeconomic issues and subjects closely related to the life of Asian people.