People attend the opening of Mayors' Forum on Pan-Beibu Gulf Regional Economic Cooperation in Beihai, a city in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on August 8, 2009. The forum attracted representatives from countries like China, Thailand, and the Philippines.  [Xinhua]

Gao Xiong, vice chairman of Guangxi, delivers a speech on the Mayors' Forum on Pan-Beibu Gulf Regional Economic Cooperation in Beihai, a city in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on August 8, 2009. [Xinhua]