{"id":39274,"date":"2026-03-26T01:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=39274"},"modified":"2026-03-26T01:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:20:35","slug":"pm-wong-arrives-in-hainan-for-boao-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=39274","title":{"rendered":"PM Wong arrives in Hainan for Boao Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Prime Minister Lawrence Wong arrived in Hainan on March 25 on his second trip to China in nine months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On March 26, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/pm-wong-to-visit-hainan-hong-kong-and-speak-at-boao-forum?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">he will speak at the Boao Forum for Asia<\/span><\/a>, a regional platform for economic cooperation founded in 2001, the same year that China joined the World Trade Organisation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cSingapore has been a supporter since its founding 25 years ago,\u201d PM Wong wrote on his social media after touching down in Haikou, the provincial capital of Hainan. He will attend a welcome dinner hosted by the Hainan government and the forum organiser.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">About 2,000 representatives from 60 countries and government, business and academic circles have gathered on an island in Boao, facing the South China Sea.\u00a0Discussions at 2026\u2019s forum focus on multilateralism, regional cooperation, innovation and artificial intelligence as well as inclusive development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">PM Wong is due to meet China\u2019s National People\u2019s Congress chairman Zhao Leji, the country\u2019s third-ranking leader, and Hainan Communist Party secretary Feng Fei on March 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cI look forward to fruitful engagements to strengthen collaboration \u2013 both bilaterally with China and with partners across the region \u2013 to keep our economies open and navigate an increasingly uncertain global environment together,\u201d he said on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"responsive-iframe-base instagram instagram-embed\" title=\"instagram embed\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWTMQfNj-B5\/embed\/captioned\/?omitscript=true\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer;falseclipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\" loading=\"eager\" data-testid=\"responsiveIframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/pm-wong-arrives-in-hainan-for-boao-forum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Lawrence Wong arrived in Hainan on March 25 on his second trip to China in nine months. 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