Seoul to host international forum on better governance

South Korea is to host the Sixth Global Forum on Reinventing Government on Tuesday, which will attract representatives from 140 countries, according to the organizing committee of the forum on Monday.

The conference, the sixth of its kind since 1999, will bring Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and other high level participants, said the committee.

Hua Jianmin, state councillor and secretary general of the State Council, will lead the Chinese delegation to the forum.

Meanwhile, renowned scholars and officials from well-known international organizations, such as the United Nations Development Program, World Bank and Transparency International are to attend the four-day international conference.

Under the main theme, "Toward Participatory and Transparent Governance," top-level participants will hold in-depth discussions on sub-themes at five plenary sessions of the first two days, and there will be nine lower-level workshop sessions for more detailed talks on ideas presented at the plenary sessions, according to theschedule of the conference.

Sub-themes include government innovation and governance, democratic governance and social integration, market economy and corporate governance and local governance and participatory democracy.

The first forum was organized by the United States in 1999. The subsequent forums were hosted by Brazil, Italy, Morocco and Mexico respectively.

Source: Xinhua