The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) 2025 Annual Conference concluded on Friday in Boao, a town in China’s Hainan province, with a series of agreements reached.
According to BFA Secretary-General Zhang Jun, this year’s forum achieved consensus on five key issues: firmly upholding multilateralism, strengthening regional cooperation and economic integration, implementing the United Nations’ sustainable development goals, promoting innovation-driven growth, and fostering dialogue and exchanges to enhance mutual understanding. Founded in 2001, BFA is an international, non-governmental, and non-profit organization dedicated to promoting regional economic integration and supporting the development goals of Asian countries. This year’s conference, held from March 25 to 28, was themed “Asia in a Changing World: Towards a Shared Future.”