Established in 2001, the Boao Forum for Asia is a non-governmental and non-profit international conference organization. Since its inception, with a focus on Asia and a global perspective, the Boao Forum for Asia has been committed to promoting regional cooperation in Asia and common development across the world. Apart from traditional economic issues, the conference has been focusing on health issues closely related to economic development and the people's well-being.

National health is not only an important indicator of a country's capability of sustainable development, but also an important topic on which the international community has reached a remarkable degree of consensus. The UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals have raised health to an even more prominent position, and taken "ensuring healthy life and promoting well-being for the whole population at all ages" as an important goal. Additionally, national health is an important factor for achieving economic growth. Healthcare has become one of the fastest growing sunrise industries in the world. All nations of the world have attached great importance to health issues and been vigorously developing the health cause and industry.

Meanwhile, global health is still facing unprecedented challenges such as obviously inadequate capital input, weak capability of coping with public health emergencies as well as imbalanced development of the health field. Over the years, major incidents related to health have constantly occurred, such as the major outbreaks of Ebola. The change of global disease spectrum and other related issues have attracted high attention from all the circles.

In this context, to promote the development of global health cause and industry, the Boao Forum for Asia decided to build a comprehensive platform with high representativeness and authoritativeness in the health field for high-end dialogues and practical cooperation that integrates governments, businesses and higher education institutions based on its features and advantages. In July 2018, the Boao Forum for Asia declared the inception of the Global Health Forum in Beijing.

Global Health Forum (GHF) of Boao Forum for Asia has been successfully held twice since its inception.

1^st Row (from left to right): GAN Kim Yong, Minister of Health of Singapore; MA Xiaowei, Director and Party Secretary of National Health Commission of the PRC; HAN Seung-soo, former Prime Minister of Republic of Korea; Yasuo FUKUDA, former Prime Minister of Japan; SUN Chunlan, Vice Premier of the State Council of the PRC; Dame Jenny SHIPLEY, former Prime Minister of New Zealand; MAM Bun Heng, Minister of Health of the Kingdom of Cambodia; LIU Jiayi, Secretary of CPC Shandong Provincial Committee

2^nd Row (from left to right): Susan SILBERMANN, Global President of  Emerging Markets of Pfizer Biopharmaceuticals Group; Seth BERKLEY, CEO of GAVI; LI Baodong, Secretary-General of Boao Forum for Asia; Elhadj Amadou As SY, former Secretary-General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC); DING Xiangyang, Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council of the PRC;Zsuzsanna JAKAB, Deputy Director-General of WHO; Dame Sally DAVIES, Chief Health Officer of British Government; LUO Zhaohui, former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of PRC; WANG Binying, Deputy Director-General of WIPO; Dr. Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun, President of Global Health Forum of Boao Forum for Asia; WANG Qingxian, former Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Shandong Provincial Committee, Secretary of CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee

The 1^st conference of Global Health Forum (GHF) of BFA was successfully held in Qingdao, Shandong, June 10-12, 2019. Chinese President Xi sent a congratulatory letter to Global Health Forum of Boao Forum for Asia. Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Chen Zhu, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) addressed at the opening ceremony. Yasuo FUKUDA, former Prime Minister of Japan, Dame Jenny SHIPLEY, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, HAN Seung-soo, former Prime Minister of Republic of Korea, Li Baodong, Secretary-General of Boao Forum for Asia and Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun, President of Global Health Forum of Boao Forum for Asia also attended the conference. The forum attracted 2,640 delegates from 55 countries and regions and 270 journalists, and 327 experts from home and abroad attending the discussion. 25 cooperative projects were signed at the Forum, achieving a total investment of 36.9 billion RMB.

1^st Row (from left to right): Xu Jinghe, Deputy Director of the National Medical Products Administration; Li Lanjuan, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Sun Jiye, Vice Governor of Shandong Province; Xia Jie, Vice Chairman of the All-China Women’s Federation; Shen Danyang, Executive Vice Governor of Hainan Province; Yu Xuejun, Deputy Director of the National Health Commission; Li Baodong, Secretary-General of the Boao Forum for Asia; Zhou Xiaochuan, Vice Chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia; Li Bin, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; Liu Jiayi, Secretary of CPC Shandong Provincial Committee; Margaret Chan, President of the Global Health Forum of Boao Forum for Asia; Sun Da, Deputy Director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Wu Cuiyun, Vice Chairman of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; Yang Xingping, Vice Governor of Sichuan Province; Zhao Haozhi, Deputy Secretary of Qingdao Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Qingdao; Zhu Zhongming, Vice Governor of Hunan Province; Yang Jun, Chairman of Qingdao Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

2^nd Row (from left to right): Sun Yonghong, Member of the Standing Committee of Qingdao Municipal Party Committee of Shandong Province and Secretary of the Working Committee of Qingdao West Coast New Area; Xue Qingguo, Member of the Standing Committee of Qingdao Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Mayor of Qingdao; Jim Jin, Global Vice President of Gilead Sciences; Xie Biao, Deputy General Manager of China General Technology (Group) Holding Co., Ltd.; Navchaa Suren, Deputy Representative of the United Nations Population Fund in China; Danae Dholakia, Minister Counselor of the British Embassy in China; Gao Fu, Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Siddharth Chatterjee, United Nations Resident Coordinator to China; Zhang Jianqiu, CEO of Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., Ltd.; Zhao Runtian, former Vice Chairman of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; Arthayudh Srisamoot, Thailand’s Ambassador to China; Zhang Dingyu, People’s Hero Owner and Deputy Director of Hubei Provincial Health Commission; HAJBA Tamás, Senior Advisor of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in China; Qiao Jianrong, Coordinator of Health System and Sanitary Safety, World Health Organization Representative Office in China; Zhu Yue, Deputy General Manager of China Chengtong Group; Zhu Hua, Member of the Standing Committee and Secretary-General of Qingdao Municipal Party Committee

The second Global Health Forum (GHF) of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) was held from June 1st  to 4th , 2021 in Qingdao, China in a mixed mode of online and offline. Li Bin, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony. Zhou Xiaochuan, Vice Chairman of the Board, Boao Forum for Asia and Vice Chairman of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand, Nikai Toshihiro, Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Ban Ki-moon, Chairman of Boao Forum for Asia, Yasuo Fukuda, former Prime Minister of Japan, Dame Jenny Shipley, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, and ministers of health from seven countries including Thailand and Malta also addressed the conference. 2880 representatives from more than 40 countries and regions and 283 journalists attended the conference on site, and 463 speakers from home and abroad participated in the discussion panels. 22 projects were signed at the Forum, attracting a total investment of 17.165 billion RMB.

Theme

Health Beyond Health — In the Year of Sustainable Development 2030

Slogan

Health for All

Topics

Universal Health Coverage

Innovation for Health

Health in All Policies

Vision

Health is an eternal pursuit of mankind, and health promotion is the shared responsibility of the international community.

Since its inception, the Global Health Forum (GHF) of Boao Forum for Asia has not been restricted to discussions about traditional medical problems, such as pharmaceuticals and medical instruments. Instead, it has focused on the frontiers and cross-border integration trends of the big health industry, and been committed to pooling wisdom of the entire industry and promoting interdisciplinary collaboration. 

The GHF responds to the Astana Declaration and the United Nations High Level Political Declaration on Universal Health Coverage, implements the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations and promotes the Outline of the Plan for Healthy China 2030 and Health China Action(2019-2030) and so on . By pooling global will and building consensus, the conference is aimed at promoting the global health cause and the health sector and boosting international health cooperation to contribute to the improvement of health and well-being for all humankind and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.