Hainan's Boao forum aims to restore global growth in 2021 The Boao forum is dubbed the Davos of the Eastâ it is a major platform for signing important agreements HAIKOU, April 4. /TASS/. The efforts of the participants of the Economic Forum for Asia in Hainan's Boao in 2021 will be aimed at strengthening global consensus and mutual trust in order to restore sustainable growth and stable development of the international economic system of all countries, the forum's Secretary General Li Baodong stated. "Our primary task this year is to assist Asia's states and the whole world so that, in conditions of guaranteed epidemiological security, they can strengthen consensus and mutual trust for the sake of [global] growth and development," he stressed, speaking to reporters.