[Explanation] On October 28, the China News Agency "East and West Ask Think Tank" was established in Beijing.

On the same day, China News Agency held the first "East-West Think Tank" Forum and the establishment ceremony of "East-West Think Tank" under the theme of "Dialogue with Cultural Relics and Promoting Mutual Learning of Civilizations".

  [Explanation] Chen Junjun, president of China News Service, said that China News Service has established the "East-West Question Think Tank", which is committed to normalizing, branding, think-tank, and platform-based activities to further promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign cultures.

  [Concurrent] Chen Junjun, President of China News Service

  In order to implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and practice the spirit of the general secretary's congratulatory letter to China News Service, we are here today to hold a forum event of special significance, and to establish China News Service's "East and West Think Tank", dedicated to Carry out activities in normalization, branding, think-tank, and platform-based activities, gather intelligence, and do a good job in dissemination, and further promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign cultures.

  [Explanation] "Dongxiwen Think Tank" is an interdisciplinary, multilingual, all-media, and dissemination-based think tank platform.

In the future, theme forums, academic salons, and Sino-foreign dialogues will be held successively, providing a platform for Chinese and foreign experts to brainstorm and a feast of thinking collision for Chinese and foreign audiences.

  [Explanation] At the first forum held on the same day, a number of Chinese and foreign experts delivered keynote speeches to share their insights to promote mutual learning among civilizations.

  [Concurrent] Zhang Xiping, professor of Beijing Foreign Studies University and chief expert of the Institute of International Communication of Chinese Culture

  Chinese-style modernization is a new form of human civilization created by the people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

With its own path, its own achievements, and its own system, China has shown the diversity of modernization and the diversity of contemporary civilization.

  [Explanation] Bu Songshan, a German sinologist, aesthetician, and professor at the University of Trier, explained the cross-cultural dialogue in his keynote speech, proposing to understand all levels of different cultures and find common ideas.

  [Explanation] Han Maoli, a professor at the Center for Historical Geography Research, School of Urban and Environment, Peking University, delivered a speech.

  [Concurrent] Han Maoli, Professor of Historical Geography Research Center, School of Urban and Environment, Peking University

  More than 10,000 years ago, the ancestors there domesticated wild rice into artificially cultivated rice. Since then, the domesticated rice on our land has begun to spread to the world.

If we want to ask, what kind of contribution China has made to the world in history, can it be greater than this?

  [Explanation] Zhou Qingan, Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, Yu Yunquan, Dean of the Institute of Contemporary China and the World, China International Publishing Administration, and Xu Hong, a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, also delivered keynote speeches. Discuss the exchange and reference of Chinese and Western cultures together.

  [Explanation] An appointment ceremony was also held at the "Dongxiwen Think Tank" at the scene. Xu Yuming, director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee, and Chen Junjun, president of China News Agency, respectively issued letters of appointment to academic consultants and specially-appointed experts.

  [Explanation] Ren Wanping, Deputy Director of the Palace Museum, Pan Qing, International Exhibition Director of the National Museum of China, Chinese Curator of "The Origin of Italy - Ancient Roman Civilization Exhibition", Deputy Director of UNESCO Natural and Cultural Heritage Space Technology Center (HIST) , Editor-in-chief of the Silk Road World Heritage Map, Wang Xinyuan, researcher of the Academy of Aeronautics and Astronautics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chen Shengqian, a professor of the School of History of Renmin University of China, and many other Chinese and foreign experts and scholars participated in the roundtable dialogue to discuss the "harmony" and "difference" in cultural exchanges between China and the West. .

  [Explanation] According to reports, at the end of 2020, China News Service will launch a large-scale academic-oriented media report special column "East and West Questions" to explore the exchange and mutual learning of Eastern and Western civilizations and the international spread of Chinese civilization.

In the past two years, this column has interviewed more than 900 Chinese and foreign scholars, international figures, and elites from all walks of life. It has broadcasted more than 1,000 Chinese manuscripts, and the comprehensive online reading volume has exceeded 1 billion. It has a positive response in the media and academia. Prospective and valuable academic and rational exploration" has become an innovative brand of China News Agency's international communication.

  Reporter Jean Baokui Zeng Nai Wang Chao Sui Zhiyuan reported from Beijing

Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]