Jining News Network News On the afternoon of September 26, the Nishan World Youth Forum was held at Shandong Qufu . The forum thoroughly studied and implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's important discourse on strengthening exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations and promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. With the theme of "Inheritance and Innovation of World Civilizations and Youth Participation", the forum focused on youth groups and built a platform for international ideological and cultural dialogue and exchanges. The beauty of multiculturalism is the way of mutual learning among civilizations. Zhang Junkuo, former deputy director of the Development Research Center of the State Council, delivered a video speech, Duan Qingying, vice chairman of the Shandong Provincial Political Consultative Conference, and Liu Tiandong, secretary of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Youth League, attended the forum and delivered speeches. Zhou Jing, member of the Party Committee and Deputy Secretary-General of Nishan World Confucian Center (Secretariat of the Confucius Foundation of China), and Lu Guoqiang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Qufu Normal University, attended the forum.
Zhang Junkuo expressed his warm congratulations on the forum in his video speech. He said that holding the Nishan World Youth Forum is a pragmatic measure to implement the important instructions of the General Secretary. Facing common challenges and marching toward a better future requires the power of civilization. We hope that the young people will take on the mission of the times with young people from all over the world with a deeper international vision, a broader mind, and a more confident and open attitude. It is hoped that the forum will actively promote exchanges and cooperation among world civilizations, jointly explore ways and means to solve today's important global problems, and work together to achieve a win-win situation, so as to inject youthful impetus into the inheritance and innovation of world civilizations and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Duan Qingying extended a sincere welcome to all the guests and young friends. She pointed out that the holding of the Nishan World Youth Forum reflects the great importance attached by the Shandong Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government to youth cultural exchanges. It is hoped that the majority of young people will actively offer advice and suggestions for promoting the common values of all mankind, and provide valuable opinions and suggestions for the vigorous development of the international youth cause. It is expected that the young people will join hands to deepen friendship and cooperation, send out the "voice of youth" for the inheritance and innovation of world civilization, and inject "the power of youth" into global development and progress. Shandong will strive to build a platform and provide opportunities for young people to participate in the inheritance, innovation, exchange and cooperation of world civilizations.
Liu Tiandong said that "advancing civilization for the world" is a glorious tradition of Chinese youth, and it is also the responsibility of the Communist Youth League. Shandong youth will strengthen cultural self-confidence, and strive to be a good practitioner, promoter and contributor of exchanges between China and the world; young people from all over the world should strengthen exchanges, praise each other, and work together. Shandong Communist Youth League is willing to cooperate with International Youth Organization , together with youth organizations in various countries, promotes youth to the forefront of the dialogue among world civilizations. In the
forum, some Chinese and foreign experts, scholars and youth representatives made wonderful speeches online and offline. Kasyanova Tamara Leonidovna, Counselor of the Russian Embassy in China and Director of Beijing Russian Cultural Center , said in a video speech that the forum is very important and timely. Committed to the development of Sino-Russian cooperation in the fields of culture and humanities, we will continue to work hard so that the creativity and intellectual potential of the younger generation can be fully demonstrated in the practice of humanities cooperation. In his video speech, Wang Yaping, a super astronaut of the Astronaut Brigade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, called on the youth of the new era to strive to be the inheritors and innovators of the eternal development of Chinese civilization, and to strive for the communicators and promoters of exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations. Uphold an inclusive mentality and a broad vision, and contribute youthful wisdom and strength to the inheritance and innovation of world civilization. Zhao Kejin, deputy dean of the School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, and deputy dean of the Institute for Global Common Development, Tsinghua University, Zhao Kejin, in his video speech, called on the young people of great powers in the new era to promote equality, mutual learning, dialogue, and tolerance. A new force for exchanges and mutual learning among world civilizations, and a main force for promoting international cultural exchanges. Wei Yanhua, director of the Scientific Research Management Department of the Confucius Institute and a researcher of the "Research Base for Exchange and Mutual Learning of Chinese and Foreign Civilizations", guided the young people of the new era to take part in the inheritance and innovation of world civilizations with the title of "Drawing the Wisdom of World Civilization Inheritance and Innovation from Confucius". Understand the thoughts of the most holy teacher Confucius and apply them effectively.
Forum Dialogue Salon, Associate Professor of Shandong University Advanced Institute of Confucianism, Executive Editor-in-Chief of " Literature, History and Philosophy" International Edition Meng Weilong, Associate Professor of Institute of Ideology and Politics, China University of Political Science and Law Guo Jiu, member of Shandong Youth Federation, Macao Cross-border Said Network Technology Co., Ltd.Zhou Yunxian, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hengqin Cross-border Said Network Technology Co., Ltd., and Yang Suhua, a doctoral student of Chinese History from Qufu Normal University, conducted online and offline interactive interviews around the theme of the forum, exchanging ideas and colliding wisdom.
As an important section of Nishan World Civilization Forum , the Youth Forum has been opened since 2018. This year, the name is officially determined as "Nishan World Youth Forum". The forum was jointly organized by the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Shandong Provincial Department of Education, and the Nishan World Confucian Center. More than 50 experts, scholars, youth representatives, and media reporters from 8 countries including China, Russia, and the United States participated in the event.