CCG at Boao Forum for Asia
Roundtables on women, youth, global governance, and a one-on-one dialogue with Kishore Mahbubani.
The 2025 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference was held in Boao, Hainan, from March 25 to 28, with the theme of “Asia in the Changing World: Towards a Shared Future.”
The Center for China & Globalization (CCG), as a partner of the forum, co-organised a roundtable themed “Imagination and Innovation: A Sustainable Future Led by Youth” and the Women’s Roundtable. It also participated in several panels including “Inclusive Globalization that Benefits All: Paths and Actions,” “Global Governance after the UN Summit of the Future.”
On March 27, Henry Huiyao Wang engaged in a one-on-one dialogue with Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore and Former Singapore’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
On March 26, CCG President Henry Huiyao Wang moderated a seminar titled “Inclusive Globalization that Benefits All: Paths and Actions.”
The seminar was attended by:
Sardor Umurzakov, Advisor to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Special Assignments and Chairman of the Committee for Coordination of Analysis and Research under the President
Don Pramudwinai, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Thailand
Muhammad Aurangzeb, Minister responsible for Finance and Revenue in the Federal cabinet of the Government of Pakistan
Carlos M. Gutierrez, Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce
Long Yongtu, Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
Ian Goldin, Oxford University Professor of Globalisation and Development, Former Vice President of the World Bank, Former Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa
Stephen Roach, Senior Research Scholar of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School
Chheng Kimlong, Director of the Centre for Governance Innovation and Democracy (CGID) of the Asian Vision Institute (AVI) and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), Cambodia
Yao Yang, Professor and Director of the China Center for Economic Research (CCER) and Executive Director of the Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development (ISSCAD) at Peking University
On March 26, Henry Huiyao Wang was also part of a dialogue moderated by Munir Akram, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, themed “Global Governance after the UN Summit of the Future.”
The dialogue was attended by:
Ban Ki-moon, Chairman of the BOAO Forum in Asia, and Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
Chen Xiaodong, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China
Guy Bernard Ryder, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Policy
Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations
Maurizio Massari, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations
Danilo Türk, President of Club de Madrid, Former President of Slovenia
Xu Bu, Chairman of the Institute for Global Development at Jiangsu University, Member of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism
On March 26, 2025, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, CCG partnered with the BFA to jointly host the Women’s Roundtable. Sima Sami Bahous, the UN Women Executive Director, delivered a keynote speech for the roundtable, while Jenny Shipley, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, served as the moderator. Mabel Lu Miao, Secretary-General of CCG and Founder of the Global Young Leaders Dialogue (GYLD) program, also attended.
Other participants included:
Carrie Lam, Former Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador, President of the 73rd session of the General Assembly of the United Nations
Arancha González, Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po, Former Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation
Emmanuelle Peres, General Manager of France's Fondation Prospective et Innovation, Former French Vice-Minister for youth
Amakobe Sande, Representative of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to China
Sophie Marie Muller, Representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in China
Olga Dzhumaeva, Head of East Asia Delegation of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Iskra Reic, International Executive Vice President at AstraZeneca
Pornpimol Kanchanalak, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand
Helena McLeod, Deputy Director-General & Head of Green Growth Planning and Implementation Division at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Yuan Foyu, Vice President of Baidu
Syeda Rubaiyat Hossain, Managing Director of SAHCO International Ltd.
Zhai Fang, Executive Director and COO at Strawbear Entertainment Group
Ruan Fang, Managing Director and Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
On March 27, 2025, CCG and the BFA jointly hosted a roundtable themed “Imagination and Innovation: A Sustainable Future Led by Youth.” Mabel Lu Miao moderated the event.
Participants included:
Zhang Jun, Secretary-General of the Boao Forum for Asia and Former Permanent Representative of China to the UN
Jenny Shipley, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Gao Min, President of Hempel International Group
Rohit Chahal, National Secretary-General of Bharatiya Janata Yuvo Morchaa
Hu Zhizhong, Deputy County Magistrate of Lingqiu County in Shanxi, China
Aoyama Shuhei, Founding Partner and Principal Architect of B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Awwad Al-Nufaie, Director of Polyethylene Business of Greater China at SBIC
Mohamed Zainal Alzarooni, Director of the Foreign Investment Department at the Ministry of Investment of the United Arab Emirates
Ferro Ferizka Aryananda, Co-founder and Chief Executive Director of Pijar
Chen Zidan, Chief Sustainability Officer of M&G Stationery Inc.
Islam Alhalawany, Former Assistant Professor of Business Practice and Assistant Dean for International Collaborations at O.P. Jindal Global University
Gao Haichun, Co-Chair of the Board of Trina Solar Co., Ltd.
Charmaine Ho, Founder and Creative Director of Charmaine Art Consultancy
Lam Chi Bun, Chairman of the Y.Elites Association
Zhu Weiqing, Founder, Chair, and CEO of Shanghai Treasure Carbon New Energy Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
On March 27, 2025, Henry Huiyao Wang engaged in a one-on-one dialogue with Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore and Former Singapore’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
The audience included:
Zhang Jun, Secretary-General of Boao Forum for Asia and Former Permanent Representative of China to the UN
Munir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
Krishna Prasad Oli, Ambassador of Nepal to China
CCG’s participation has been covered by major domestic and international media outlets, including China Central Television (CCTV), Xinhua, Global Times, China Women's News, and Bloomberg.
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