Boao

A Qionghai coastal town where a fishing-and-farming past and an annual international forum occupy the mouth of the Wanquan River.

A National Immigration Administration feature describes Boao as an eastern coastal town in Qionghai with a history of fishing and farming. Since the Boao Forum for Asia was established in 2001, annual meetings have been held there from 2002 onward. A 2026 provincial report locates the forum complex on Dongyu Island at the mouth of the Wanquan River and describes a zero-carbon demonstration zone developed there since 2022. The town’s story is therefore not only a conference calendar: it is also a coastal settlement shaped by river and sea.

Wanquan River south of Bo’ao, east from Changle Bridge. — Wanquan River south of Bo’ao, photographed 14 February 2013 from Changle Bridge.

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The Town at the Forum’s River Mouth

Boao’s conference identity sits beside an older fishing-and-farming landscape at the mouth of the Wanquan River.

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Wanquan River south of Bo’ao, photographed 14 February 2013 from Changle Bridge.Zhangmoon618 · CC BY-SA 3.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Retained source: Wikimedia standard 1280-pixel thumbnail; upstream full original was not downloaded. WebP derivatives were not enlarged.