After several months of unease, economies across Asia are breath-ing a sigh of relief as recovery hopes become realities. But even with noticeable improvements being made, Asian nations still face the chal-lenge of moving away from a dependence on exports and maintaining growth momentum. These issues were hot topics at this year"s Boao Forum for Asia, with Asia"s green recovery as its theme. More than 2,000 economists and businesspeople from home and abroad attended the forum held in Boao of south China"s Hainan Province from April 9 to 11. Edited excerpts follow: