China News Service, Hangzhou, October 22 (Qian Chenfei) On the 22nd, the 2021 China Grand Canal Cultural Belt Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue (hereinafter referred to as 2021 Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue) opened in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, with the theme of "Towards a Millennium Canal of Common Prosperity".

During the event, guests from all walks of life, politics, industry, academia and research at home and abroad jointly spoke for the construction of China's Grand Canal Cultural Belt and Grand Canal National Cultural Park, made suggestions for protecting, inheriting, and making good use of the Grand Canal world cultural heritage, and for the Millennium Grand Canal to move towards common prosperity Suggestions.

Zhu Guoxian, member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, delivered a speech.

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  Zhu Guoxian, member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, said in his speech, “The Grand Canal that has come from history creates new history every year. Since last year, Zhejiang has further committed to making the Zhejiang section of the Grand Canal a beautiful cultural Zhejiang. The business card and the cultural iconic brand of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the Grand Canal continues to glow with new brilliance. We hope to join hands with Beijing and the cities along the canal to create a'canal for the people' and a canal for tourists.'

Mo Gaoyi, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, delivered a speech.

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  Mo Gaoyi, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, pointed out that Beijing regards the construction of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt as an important starting point for the construction of the national cultural center. The landscape along the Grand Canal is integrated to create the cultural tourism brand of the "Millennium Canal", giving the Millennium Canal a new era.

We hope to use the Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue as a platform to continuously strengthen exchanges and cooperation with regions along the route, and work together to protect, inherit, and make good use of the Grand Canal culture.

Chen Lujun, President of China News Agency, delivered a speech.

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  According to Chen Junjun, president of the China News Agency, China’s Grand Canal is a Chinese culture that is worth digging deeper and can spread across the world. Her stories are often new.

He said that China News Agency will actively spread the Chinese Grand Canal culture at home and abroad through the international and domestic channels that have been cultivated for many years, and promote the exchange and mutual learning of Chinese and foreign civilizations.

It is hoped that with the joint efforts of all parties, the Grand Canal of China can further become a brilliant cultural belt, a green ecological belt, and a colorful tourism belt, providing Chinese wisdom for the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Liu, Deputy Secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, delivered a speech.

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  Liu Xin, Deputy Secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, said, “The theme of this Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue is'Towards a Millennium Canal of Common Prosperity'. This gives the Grand Canal the status of the Millennium Canal and a new historical mission. The mechanism of dialogue is transformed into a cooperative mechanism for common prosperity;'Co-construction', use culture to guide the flow, use culture to innovate, and make people on both sides of the strait more prosperous;'Co-build', Hangzhou is willing to work with Beijing to successfully host the Winter Olympics and Asian Games Can."

  It is reported that the 2021 China Grand Canal Cultural Belt Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue is co-sponsored by the Beijing Municipal People’s Government Press Office, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government Press Office, Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government, China News Service, and World Canal Historical and Cultural Cities Cooperation (WCCO), co-sponsored by Hangzhou City The Information Office of the People's Government, Hangzhou Canal Group, Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Cultural Heritage, Zhejiang Branch of China News Service, People's Government of Gongshu District, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, China News Photo Network, Beijing Yuexun Magazine.

  The 2021 Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue aims to create an open platform, communication platform, innovation platform, and international platform that promotes the implementation of General Secretary Jinping’s important instructions on the overall protection, inheritance, and use of the Grand Canal, and leverages the construction of both sides of Beijing-Hangzhou in the Grand Canal Cultural Belt The demonstration and leading role of China is to promote the joint action of multi-site, multi-site, multi-party participation in the protection and inheritance of the Grand Canal, highlight the achievements of the construction of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt, and enhance the international influence of China's Grand Canal Cultural Belt.

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