However, since April 2004, both President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao replaced the use of ‘peaceful rise’ with the term ‘peaceful development’. A case in point was a lecture delivered at the Boao Forum in April 2004, where Hu Jintao explained China’s foreign policy with the concept of peaceful development rather than peaceful rise. This change in terminology was triggered by a decision reached by the Chinese government not to use ‘peaceful rise’ as an official term.