Boao Forum, a witness to changes in Asia

The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), whose annual conference was held from Tuesday to Friday this week in Boao Town, Qionghai City, south China's Hainan Province, is a non-profit that hosts high-level symposiums for leaders, governments, businesses and academia in Asia and other continents to share their vision on the most pressing issues in the region and the world. We recommend five stories below that offer an in-depth look at how China and the forum promote regional economic integration to bring Asian countries closer to their development goals.