Boao Forum for Asia is set to hold a conference to promote cooperation among Asian and European countries along the routes of the China-proposed Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
The Conference on Energy, Resources and Sustainable Development of Boao Forum for Asia and the Silk Road National Forum, with the theme of "One Belt and One Road Integrated with the Eurasian Economic Union," will be held at the Independent Hall of Astana from Tuesday to Thursday.
The conference will be co-sponsored by Boao Forum for Asia and Astana Economic Forum. The ninth Astana Economic Forum will be held from Tuesday to Friday.
The conference is expected to draw about 300 participants, including Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov, former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, former Kazakh Prime Minister Sergei Tereshchenko, Vice Chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia and former Deputy Prime Minister of the State Council of China Zeng Peiyan.
This will be the first time for Boao Forum for Asia to hold a conference in Astana, and also its fourth conference on energy, resources and sustainable development to be held overseas.
Kazakhstan is one of the 29 member countries of Boao Forum for Asia. Astana Economic Forum is the largest platform in Central Asia for discussing important issues such as economy, finance and social problems.
The Eurasian Economic Union is a supranational union established by six former Soviet countries -- Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan -- to deepen economic and political cooperation and integration. It was first proposed by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in 1994 and inaugurated on January 1, 2015.
