BOAO, Hainan, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2009 officially opened here in Boao of south China's Hainan Province on Saturday, focusing on the cooperation of Asian countries amid the global financial crisis.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a keynote speech at the opening plenary of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2009 in Boao, a scenic town in south China’s Hainan Province, April 18, 2009. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei) Photo Gallery>>>

    BOAO, Hainan, April 18 (Xinhua) -- China's economic stimulus package plan is already paying off, and positive changes have taken place in the economy, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday.

    BOAO, Hainan, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Figures of the first quarter of this year show that 2.68 million jobs were created in China's urban areas, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday.

    BOAO, Hainan, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Although Asian leaders lost a chance to discuss a prescription for the financial crisis at the ruined ASEAN summit in Thailand, the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is expected to offer a platform for them to seek the "Asian value" in tackling the worst global economic turmoil in seven decades.

    BOAO, Hainan, April 17 (Xinhua) -- China is still not capable of "saving" the world, all by itself, from the ongoing financial crisis, said Zeng Peiyan, vice chairman of board of directors of Boao Forum for Asia.

    BOAO, Hainan, April 17 (Xinhua) -- China and some Asian emerging economies will take the lead in rebounding from the economic crisis, said Long Yongtu, secretary-general of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA).

    BOAO, HAINAN, April 17 (Xinhuanet) -- "The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) 2009 annual conference provides a golden opportunity for China and other Asian emerging economies to express themselves and to let the world hear from them under the haze of the unprecedented global financial crisis in the history," said Long Yongtu on Friday in Boao, south China's Hainan Province.

    BOAO, Hainan, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Fidel V. Ramos, former president of the Philippines and now chairman of the Board of Directors of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), has urged the developing and emerging economies to unite to cope with the financial crisis.

    BOAO, Hainan, April 17 (Xinhua) -- State Council Taiwan Affairs Office Director Wang Yi hosted a welcoming cocktail party Friday for the Taiwan delegation to attend the Boao Forum for Asia.