Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda were elected members of the board of directors of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) here Thursday.+ Z! J1 ]& L8 s' ]0 d) Z
Besides Paulson and Fukuda, seven other newly elected members are former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, former Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, Singapore Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, Li & Fung Group Chairman Victor K. Fung, China’s Hainan Vice Governor Jiang Sixian, former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Mitsubishi Corporation Chairman Mikio Sasaki. www.examw.com4 J8 |; e. Q$ \1 S- U$ b
They were nominated and approved at the General Meeting of BFA members held before the forum’s annual conference slated for April 9-11 in Boao in China’s southern Hainan Province.9 V$ {! \+ D6 I
This year’s BFA annual conference has attracted nearly 2,000 delegates from Asia and other parts of the world.
, r& d1 u1 c" w Established in 2001, the forum is a pan-Asian platform of dialogue for key issues affecting Asia and the world. The theme of this year’s annual conference is "Green Recovery: Asia’s Realistic Choice for Sustainable Growth." |
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