Former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday was elected chairman of Boao Forum¹ for Asia (BFA), replacing former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.

 

本周一，联合国前秘书长潘基文取代日本前首相福田康夫，当选博鳌亚洲论坛理事长。

 

Chinese Vice² Foreign Minister Li Baodong was appointed BFA secretary-general, said a statement released after the meeting of the newly elected Board of Directors of BFA, which was held during the ongoing³ BFA annual conference.

 

Former central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan was designated as China's chief representative to BFA. According to the BFA Charter, Zhou is ex-officio member of the Board of Directors and vice chair of BFA.

 

Of the 19-member BFA Board of Directors, 12 are newly elected, including Ban, Zhou and Li. Other new directors are former senior government officials, business leaders, or other eminent⁴ persons from Asia and around the world.

 

Founded in 2001, the BFA is a non-governmental and non-profit international organization committed to promoting regional economic integration⁵ and bringing Asian countries closer to their development goals.

 

This year's BFA conference, which runs from April 8 to 11 in Boao, a town in the southern island province of Hainan, has the theme featuring "An Open and Innovative⁶ Asia for a World of Greater Prosperity."

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