Premier Li attends opening ceremony of Boao Forum for Asia

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang gives a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2014 annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) in the coastal town of China's southernmost island province of Hainan on Thursday morning. [Photo/screenshot from cntv.cn]

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is present at the opening ceremony of the 2014 annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) in the coastal town of China's southernmost island province of Hainan on Thursday morning. [Special coverage]

The theme for this year's conference is "Asia's New Future: Identifying New Growth Drivers".

An international non-governmental and non-profit organization founded in 2001, the BFA works to promote regional economic integration and bring Asian countries closer to their development goals.

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