Bo'ao/Boao () is a town located next to the eastern coastal city of
Qionghai
Qionghai, or in local Hainanese dialect as Kheng Hai, is one of the seven county-level cities of Hainan province, China. Although Administrative divisions of China#Ambiguity of the word "city" in China, called a "city", Qionghai refers to a large ...
in
Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...
Province, People's Republic of China, near the mouth of the
Wanquan River
The Wanquan River () is the third longest river in Hainan Province, China, and is 162 km long. It rises in the Wuzhi Mountain, and flows generally northeast turbulently in a narrow route through mountainous regions. About half way downstream, ...
where it discharges into the
South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phil ...
. The town is away from Qionghai, away from
Haikou
Haikou (; ), also spelled as Hoikow is the capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan. Haikou city is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. The northern part of the city is on the Ha ...
and away from
Sanya
Sanya (; also spelled Samah) is the southernmost city on Hainan Island, and one of the four prefecture-level cities of Hainan Province in South China.
According to the 2020 census, the total population of Sanya was 1,031,396 inhabitants, li ...
. Bo'ao is famous for the
Boao Forum for Asia
The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA; ), initiated by 25 Asian countries and Australia (increased to 28 in 2006), is a non-profit organisation that hosts high-level forums for leaders from government, business and academia in Asia and other continents to ...
, an international organisation whose venue is permanently located on Bo'ao's largest island, Dongyu Island ().
Transportation
Bo'ao railway station
Bo'ao railway station is a railway station on the Hainan eastern ring high-speed railway, serving Bo'ao
Bo'ao/Boao () is a town located next to the eastern coastal city of Qionghai in Hainan Province, People's Republic of China, near the mouth ...
serves this town.
Song about Bo'ao
In 2018, French singer
Dantès Dailiang Dantès, or Dai Liang is a French singer-songwriter. He is also a trilingual host (French, Chinese, English) and a writer.
Dantès is an intercultural artist who intertwines Chinese language, the French way of thinking and pop rock.
Dantès' LP, ...
and Chinese singer Eva release two songs in four languages (Chinese, Russian, French and English) and two music video clips about Bo'ao.
[Forever in Bo'ao, Dantès Dai Liang & Eva, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyGZ-niz5f8 2018]
See also
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Boao Forum for Asia
The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA; ), initiated by 25 Asian countries and Australia (increased to 28 in 2006), is a non-profit organisation that hosts high-level forums for leaders from government, business and academia in Asia and other continents to ...
References
External links
{{Commons category, position=left, Bo'ao
Official website of Bo'ao government2013 IKA Kiteracing World Championships in Bo'ao
Populated places in Hainan