1997年7月的一天,在海南博鳌投资多年的蒋晓松先生,与他的私人朋友日本前首相细川护熙夫妇、澳大利亚前总理霍克、菲律宾前总统拉莫斯,在他新开业的博鳌乡村高尔夫球场打完球后彻夜长谈,产生了创立一个论坛的想法。之后,蒋晓松把霍克先生等人的一封信带给海南省领导人,他们在信中陈述了设立一个亚洲论坛的想法,并想把论坛放在海南博鳌。 One day in July 1997, Mr. Jiang Xiaosong, who spent many years in Boao, Hainan, and his personal friends former Prime Minister Hosokawa Hoshi, former Australian Prime Minister Hawke, former Philippine President Ramos, in his newly opened Boao Village After long hours of playing the ball on the golf course, there was an idea of ​​creating a forum. Afterwards, Jiang Xiaodong brought a letter from Mr. Hawker and others to the leaders of Hainan Province, in which they stated the idea of ​​setting up an Asian forum and wanted to place the forum in Bo’ao, Hainan Province.