Former President of the Philippines Fidel V. Ramos has been re-elected chairman of the board of directors of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), BFA Secretary-General Long Yongtu said here Saturday.

Ramos was re-elected at the meeting of the board of directors held before the forum's annual conference that opened Saturday morning in Boao, a small town in China's tropical island province of Hainan. He will serve another three-year term.

This year's annual conference of the Boao forum has attracted more than 1,410 delegates from 36 countries and regions.

China's top legislator Wu Bangguo, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are expected to deliver keynote speeches at the opening ceremony.

Established in 2001, the BFA is an pan-Asian platform of dialogue for key issues affecting Asia and the whole world. The theme of this year's annual conference is "Asia winning in today's global economy: Innovation and sustainable development."

(Xinhua News Agency April 21, 2007)