Major emerging economies maintained an upward momentum in 2017 due to a drastic rise in external demand and stable domestic consumption demand, said a Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) report Sunday.
The Netherlands is expecting the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) conference to discuss global issues, share insights and make new contacts, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said ahead of his visit to China.
Originally a small fishing town little known to the outside world, Boao, in China's southern island province of Hainan, has earned a reputation as Asia's Davos for its annual Boao Forum for Asia.
The annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), also known as Asia's Davos, has drawn widespread media attention ahead of the brainstorming on issues of global concern.
The notion of a shared future, for the Asian region, was first used at the Boao Forum in 2015.
Pakistan is among 26 founding countries of the Boao Forum for Asia, established in 2001.
The 2018 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference will be "an excellent place" for China to lay out its role as a key stabilizer for the regional and world economy, a senior US scholar has said.
