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Explore the region
About Bo'ao
Riverside views, the sea-facing town and the Yudai sandbar make a gentle coastal outing. The permanent conference venue is on Dongyu Island and has its own visitor arrangements. Tanmen’s fishing harbour and maritime museum are a separate nearby drive, useful for adding substance beyond conference-centre photographs.
The town covers about 31 square kilometers at the mouth of the Wanquan River (万泉河), bordering the South China Sea to the east, Wanning to the south, the Chaoyang and Shangyong townships of Qionghai to the west, and Tanmen town to the north.
It is described as a market town of mixed fishing and farming (半渔半农集镇). Dongyu Island (东屿岛), site of the forum's permanent venue, is Bo'ao's largest island. The town was named one of China's Top 100 Cultural Towns (中国文化百强镇) in 2019, and again, in the second edition, in 2023.
What to look for
- The meeting of river, estuary and sea around Boao.
- Dongyu Island’s forum setting and the town’s coastal streets.
The surrounding area
Eastern base for Jiaji food and Tanmen's maritime museum and fishing-town setting.
Location & getting there
Getting to Bo'ao
Travel to Boao town in Qionghai. Boao railway station, Boao Airport and Dongyu Island are separate locations; book the final transfer to your actual accommodation or attraction.
Combine your visit
Suggested order for a focused visit to this part of Hainan.
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Boao town waterfront博鳌镇滨水区
Begin with the town and estuary landscape.
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Yudai sandbar玉带滩
Take an operating authorised excursion if conditions permit.
Confirm the opening of individual stops and the return connection. This is an editorial sequence, not a combined ticket.
Find Bo'ao
博鳌 · 琼海
The pin marks the area, not the entrance.
More places nearby
Approximate straight-line distances between map pins, not travel distances.
Yudai Beach 玉带滩
Less than 1 km awayYudai Beach is the narrow sandbar associated with Boao’s river mouth, where the enclosed estuary and open sea create two contrasting waterscapes. The interest is the shape of the coast and the views back toward Boao, rather than…
View guide →Bo'ao Forum 博鳌亚洲论坛永久会址
2 km awayThe permanent venue of the Boao Forum for Asia is on Dongyu Island, within the estuary landscape south of Boao town. Visitors come for the conference setting and the story of a small Hainan town becoming an international meeting…
View guide →China (Hainan) Museum of the South China Sea 中国（海南）南海博物馆
8 km awayThe China (Hainan) Museum of the South China Sea in Tanmen places the island within a wider maritime world. Shipwreck archaeology, traded ceramics, navigation and fishing knowledge explain how people travelled and worked across…
View guide →Sources & visit information
The linked encyclopedia sources support background and place descriptions. Current opening hours, ticket prices, booking rules and transport schedules have not been independently verified for this guide. Confirm them with the venue or operator before travelling.
- Bo'ao ↗
- Chinese Wikipedia: 博鳌镇 (revision 91366693, 2026-02-02) ↗
- English Wikipedia: Bo'ao (revision 1366333882, 2026-07-27) ↗
Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikipedia contributors, “Bo'ao” · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 1366333882.
Background paragraphs translated and condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "博鳌镇", Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 91366693.
Background paragraphs condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "Bo'ao", English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 1366333882.