The Forum Advisory Board serves as the consultative and guiding body for the forum,  responsible for providing intellectual support. Current members include: Forum Chairman,  Co-chairmen, and former Governor of Yunnan Province, Xu Rongkai; Academician of the  Chinese Academy of Sciences and former Minister of Science and Technology, Xu Guanhua;  Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and former Director of the National Natural  Science Foundation of China, Chen Yiyu; Chairman of China Entrepreneurs Club and Chair-man of the National Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Guidance Fund  and former China Merchants Bank President, Ma Weihua.