On April 9th, the ASEAN-China Governors/Mayors Dialogue 2018 was held jointly by CPAFFC and Hainan People’s Government in Boao, Hainan. Governor Shen Xiaoming of Hainan province and CPAFFC Vice President Lin Yi attended the dialogue and delivered speeches respectively.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up. Governors or Mayors from Hainan province, Tianjin city, Guanghzou city of China, Preah Sihanouk province of Cambodia, Palawan province of the Philippines, Chiang Mai and Phuket provinces of Thailand as well as the business representatives from China Association of National Shipbuilding Industry, Carnival Corporation&PLC, MSC Cruises, Malaysia Cruise Industry Association attended the dialogue and addressed on issues of cruise tourism cooperation, promoting cruise port construction and launching cruise routes under the main topic of “Cruise Tourism Cooperation along the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road". The participants also signed the Joint Initiative of the ASEAN-China Governors/Mayors Dialogue 2018.

The ASEAN-China Governors/Mayors Dialogue was initiated in 2015 and enlisted in the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference since then.