Zhou Wenzhong, secretary-general of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), presides over the opening ceremony of the BFA Annual Conference 2013 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev gives a speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2013 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan)
Myanmar's President U Thein Sein gives a speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan)
Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2013 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan)
Jiang Xiaosong (2nd R Front), one of the initiators of the Boao Forum for Asia, walks into the conference hall prior to the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Jiang Enyu)
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde walks into the conference hall prior to the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Jiang Enyu)
Journalists work at the opening ceremony of the 2013 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 kicks off in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 kicks off in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
Attendees listen at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Yang Lan (L Front), chairwoman of Sun Media Group and Sun Culture Foundation, walks into the conference hall prior to the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Jiang Enyu)
Co-chair and Trustee of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates (L Front), who is also the founder of Microsoft, walks into the conference hall prior to the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Xu Zijian)