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Asia Seeking Development for All Boao Forum for Asia Restructuring, Responsibility & Cooperation 革新 責任 合作：亞洲尋求共同發展 Annual Conference Report 2013 博鰲亞洲論壇2013年年會報告 AAsiasia SSeekingeeking DevelopmentDevelopment forfor AlAlll Restructuring, Responsibility & Cooperation 革新 責任 合作：亞洲尋求共同發展 Asia Seeking Development for All Boao Forum for Asia Restructuring, Responsibility & Cooperation 革新 責任 合作：亞洲尋求共同發展 Annual Conference Report 2013 博鰲亞洲論壇2013年年會報告 Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference Report 2013 博鰲亞洲論壇2013年年會報告 Contents 3 Preface 4 Introduction 5 The Opening Plenary 8 Government and policy 15 The region and the globe 24 Restructuring for sustainable growth 37 Industries and commerce 48 Society and culture 61 Conclusion 62 Appendix 1: Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2013 Program 78 Appendix 2: Opening Plenary speeches AsiaAsia SeekingSeeking DevelopmentDevelopment forfor All:All: Restructuring,Restructuring, ResponsibilityResponsibility && CooperationCooperation BoaoBoao Forum Forum for for Asia Asia Annual Annual Conference Conference Report Report 2013 2013 1 Government leaders and some members of the BFA Board at the BFA Annual Conference 2013 2 Preface I am very pleased to present to you the annual report for the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 which was held between 6-8 April 2013 on Hainan Island, and attended by the record number of 1,600 important figures from the worlds of government, commerce, industry, and academia, as well as 1,200 representatives from regional and international media there to cover the Annual Conference. This year's theme "Asia Seeking Development for All: Restructuring, Responsibility & Cooperation" has moved beyond the crisis-focused themes of previous years and looks forward to the next stages of development in the region. While there are many different opinions about the nature and degree of challenges that still face the developed and emerging worlds, there is no disagreement with the proposition that all nations face a future that is more closely interrelated and more fully interdependent. This proposition is not to deny the uniqueness of all cultures and development models which is a fact and basic to the concept of national sovereignty. However, this proposition does necessitate increased communication and cooperation and, with these, the potential to bring rich benefits for all nations and all people when leaders commit to the pursuit of win-win solutions to the great challenges we face. One of our goals this year was to provide a broader series of panels, presentations, workshops, and roundtables to provide more varied kinds of exchanges and a deeper probe into the details of these key topics and the implementation of ideas. Well into its second decade, the BFA Annual Conference has established its special place as a forum on a level equivalent to other major well-established global meetings, while uniquely hosted by and focusing on the world's fastest-growing region. What the Annual Conference has achieved is because of the sincere and energetic participation of world leaders from all walks of life, and I want to express our gratitude for their participation. Our reporting team has worked hard to distill the very comprehensive and rich discussions about Asia that were held during the Annual Conference into this annual report. I hope you find it both a valuable source of ideas and an enjoyable read. Zhou Wenzhong Secretary General Boao Forum for Asia July 2013 Asia Seeking Development for All: Restructuring, Responsibility & Cooperation Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference Report 2013 3 Introduction New leadership, new development models, many Asian economies, has come in waves new potential for win-win solutions, as well for over half a century now, and has not been as new challenges were the major themes, without imbalances and stresses. Asia as a region underpinning the diverse activities of the BFA of incomparable diversity includes economies at Annual Conference 2013 which took place on various levels of maturity, from the fully developed Hainan Island between 6-8 April. This premier economy of Japan to the newly opened economy annual international conference is hosted in of Myanmar. Each Asian nation has its own China, organized under the guidance of the BFA's opportunities and challenges, but together the international Board of Directors, and focused on diversity across Asia in terms of various growth advancing Asia's intra-regional collaboration and stages and experience is a source of potential international roles. Now in its second decade, the synergy and strength for the coming decade. Annual Conference has grown steadily in size and That is the essence of "Cooperation" in this year's importance. This year was no exception, bringing theme. together a strong group of government, business, "Restructuring" speaks to the need to adjust and academic leaders for three days of meetings, and renew development models, especially workshops, panels, and dialogues, covering investment-led development models, change an extensive range of topics important to this resource utilization patterns, and strengthen transitional era for China and its Asian neighbors. cultural and social values and cohesion at the Given the recent inauguration of new top national and regional levels. Recognition of the BFA's official leaders for China, Japan, and a number of unique characteristics of each economy that website other Asian nations, the theme: "Asia Seeking makes up Asia requires a tolerance of diversity Development for All: Restructuring, Responsibility in the search for common ground and closer & Cooperation" was particularly timely. In the cooperation. There was a consistency of focus background of discussions was an implicit through all the sessions during the Annual consensus that a new world order was emerging Conference 2013 on the need for tolerance of and that Asia as a region was embarking on diversity in the search for common ground and English version a process of productive communication and closer cooperation. synergistic cooperation. Even as stubborn This year's Annual Conference introduced many recovery problems persisted throughout the new formats, facilitating broader participation world, and the sovereign debt crises remained by attendees than ever before. Small workshops unresolved in Europe, the voice of Asia was both and dialogues sessions complemented the more clearer and more important in key international traditional panels, and senior world figures such economic institutions, global summits, and the as Bill Gates, Co-chair and Trustee, Bill & Melinda trade and investment activities of the new global Chinese version Gates Foundation; Christine Lagarde, Managing order. What are the key messages, key strategic Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF); and directions, and responsibilities of Asian nations Edmund Phelps, Nobel Prize Laureate (2006), were Detailed summaries as they grow into this new prominent role in the among a long list of distinguished guest speakers. of BFA Annual future of mankind? Conference 2013 The BFA Annual Conference Report 2013 is "For All" was a key component in the theme, and divided into six key sections - an overview of it communicated two complementary ideas. Firstly, the Opening Plenary and the keynote speech of across Asia, the synergies and complementarities the newly inaugurated President Xi Jinping, the are strong, so all Asian nations can participate as People's Republic of China, followed by sections winners in the coming years of development. The on government and policy, the region and the key to doing that is fair cooperative development globe, restructuring for sustainable growth, English version and open communication. Secondly, "For All" is industries and commerce, and finally society about the citizens within each Asian economy, and culture. The report is richly informed by the because the continued growth of a stable and sessions, but goes beyond being a chronicle of prosperous middle class is recognized by all Asian the many activities that took place at the Annual leaders as essential for the region to reach its full Conference this year. potential. The rapid growth that has characterized Chinese version 4 The Opening Plenary This year's Opening Plenary was moderated by Zhou Wenzhong, Secretary General, BFA, with a welcome speech by Yasuo Fukuda, Chairman, BFA. President Xi Jinping gave the keynote address, followed by speeches from other regional and world leaders: • Abdelkader Bensalah, Speaker of the Council of Nation, the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria • Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan, Brunei Darussalam • Zandaakhuu Enkhbold, Chairman, State Great Khural, Mongolia • Julia Eileen Gillard, Prime Minister, the Commonwealth of Australia • Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF • Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso, President, the Republic of Peru • Hun Sen, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Cambodia Xi Jinping • Vuk Jeremić, President, 67th Session of the President The People's Republic of China United Nations General Assembly • John Phillip Key, Prime Minister, New Zealand President Xi Jinping likewise urged participants to engage in frank and in-depth discussions to • Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev, President, the promote Asia's development. He observed that Asia Republic of Kazakhstan is one of the most dynamic and promising regions • Sauli Niinistö, President, the Republic of Finland in the world, and that its development is closely • Enrique Peña Nieto, President, the United tied to other continents. Sounding a theme that Mexican States has been frequent in the public pronouncements of China's new leadership team,
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