(Observation of the Two Sessions) CPPCC National Committee members advocate strengthening Sino-Western cultural exchanges and mutual learning
China News Service, Beijing, March 9th, title: CPPCC members advocate strengthening cultural exchanges and mutual learning between China and the West
China News Agency reporter Zhao Jiahong
"Some foreigners have misunderstandings and misunderstandings about Chinese culture." Hu Sishe, a member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and former vice chairman of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency recently that China and the West should strengthen cultural exchanges and mutual learning as much as possible. Eliminate misunderstandings.
Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi recently stated that China today needs to understand the world better, and the world needs to understand China better.
Related topics have also attracted attention and aroused discussion at the National Two Sessions this year.
He used to be the vice president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. He has many contacts with foreign politicians and think tanks. Hu Si She feels deeply about the misunderstanding and misunderstanding of Chinese culture by some foreigners.
He believes that, on the one hand, because there are not enough foreign scholars and media professionals who truly understand Chinese and Western cultures, they have not been able to correctly describe the similarities and differences between the two cultures.
On the other hand, some people deliberately deepen their misunderstanding out of political considerations.
"But we can't watch this misunderstanding and misunderstanding getting deeper and deeper," Hu Sishe said. On the principle of mutual respect and win-win cooperation, we should conduct more exchanges between different cultures to enhance mutual understanding.
Hu Sishe said that the West advocates individual value and promotes social progress through individual creation of value; Chinese culture emphasizes collective value and promotes social progress in a collective manner.
The two have different behaviors and ways of thinking, but the development of human civilization should not have only one mode.
China cannot sit back and watch misunderstandings, and misunderstandings are getting deeper and deeper. We need to communicate more to increase our understanding.
In order to promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning, and let the world fully understand Chinese traditional culture, since 2010, Qufu, Shandong has held the Nishan World Civilization Forum every two years.
During this period, leaders of many countries, UNESCO officials, Chinese and foreign cultural scholars started dialogues on topics such as "civilization mirrors the future", "common ethics of mankind under different beliefs", "civilization blending and a community with a shared future for mankind".
To understand China, one must understand the spiritual world of the Chinese people.
Yang Chaoming, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and deputy director of the Nishan World Confucianism Center, pointed out in an interview with China News Agency that many foreigners’ understanding of Chinese culture has remained in the historical period since modern times, and they have little knowledge of traditional Chinese culture as the foundation of national culture. .
"In fact, the fraternity and sacred concepts in some Western cultures are connected with the most fundamental benevolence and awe in traditional Chinese culture," he told reporters.
The new crown pneumonia epidemic has exacerbated the difficulties in communication between subjects of different civilizations. Wu Weishan, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and director of the National Art Museum of China, suggested that in international exchanges, the “cloud exchange” of cultural classics should be increased and the use of big data technology and cloud Information technologies such as computing, artificial intelligence, VR (virtual reality technology), AR (augmented reality technology), and short video enhance mutual understanding and mutual respect through cultural classics.
He believes that it is also possible to build a platform for cultural exchanges and mutual learning between China and foreign countries through global connection video conferences to jointly discuss and study related topics of cultural classics, so that the collision and integration of ideas can form a consensus.
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