 | | Zhou Wenzhong, Secretary General of the Boao Forum for Asia, in an exclusive interview with People's Daily Online. (Photo/People's Daily Online) |
Plans for cooperation and directions for future development that were proposed at thejust-concluded Boao Forum will have far-reaching consequences for the futuredevelopment of Asian countries. This is the view expressed by Zhou Wenzhong, SecretaryGeneral of the Boao Forum for Asia, in an exclusive interview with People's Daily Online.
The theme is Asia's future
Zhou explained the reasons to take the theme of the 2014 Boao Forum for Asia as “Asia'sNew Future”: Asia represents a large number of countries; among these countries,common interests and historical issues coexist. There are also other countries from otherregions, such as the U.S., whose diplomacy is increasingly focusing on East Asia. The Asiansituation is therefore becoming more complicated. “The new future should follow thecommon guiding principle of ‘building a community of shared interests, common destinyand shared responsibilities.”
High-level guests and Celebrity effect
Zhou Wenzhong stated that Boao was originally an international economic forum, mainlybringing together entrepreneurs and economists, but if the forum had continued to focusexclusively on economic topics the value of any conclusions would be limited. So this yearthe forum has expanded its scope to include political security. For example, China-U.S.relations, cooperation in the South China Sea, network security, and other sensitive issueswere also discussed.
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