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Boao Forum meets in US
More than 300 business executives, policymakers and issue experts around the Pacific Rim arrived in Seattle for the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Seattle Conference in the next three days.
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Jay Inslee, governor of the State of Washington, and Gary Locke, former US ambassador to China, will speak at the conference.
Visiting leaders from China include: Zhang Guobao, chairman of the China National Energy Commission's advisory board; Chen Feng, chairman of HNA Group; Nan Zhou, staff scientist and deputy group leader of China Energy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; and QIU Baoxing, former vice minister at the Ministry of Housing and Urban/Rural Development.
Outcomes:
Under the theme of Energy, Resources and Sustainable Development, the first-ever North American meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia will bring together leaders from the public and private sectors to explore how innovation can help solve global challenges related to climate change, energy, urbanization and health, and the growing importance of the Asia Pacific region in creating solutions.
Government?:
No
Type of Exchange:
business
Partners:
Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
Sponsor(s):
Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
Participants (Types):
business executives, policymakers and issue experts
Number of Participants:
300
Exchange Date:
Saturday, September 6, 2014 to Monday, September 8, 2014
Continuing:
No
Location:
Seattle, Washington
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