A news report from GLOBAL TIMES ONLINE:



The opening ceremony for 2022 China (Qufu) International Confucius Cultural 
Festival and the eighth Nishan Forum on World Civilizations was held in Qufu, a 
county-level city in Jining, Shandong province on Sept 27, attracting more than 
600 professors, experts and foreign envoys across the world to attend online 
and offline.

The Confucius thoughts, created by Chinese great thinker Kongzi 2,573 years 
ago, contributed greatly to the development of Chinese civilization and world 
civilizations, said Hu Heping, minister of Culture and Tourism of China, in a 
video during the ceremony. He added that the annual Nishan forum has played an 
important role in promoting Confucianism with a series of culture activities.

This year's forum, under the theme of "Diversity of Human Civilizations and 
Common Values of Mankind", focused on global common topics such as the 
protection of human cultural heritage, innovation and development of culture 
and exchanges of human civilization.

From the perspective of Confucianism, China would like to propose Chinese 
wisdom and solutions to build a community with shared future for mankind, Hu 
added.

Li Ganjie, Party secretary of Shandong, said in his speech that the fine 
Chinese culture and tradition provides rich content for the Chinese version of 
modernization.

As the home province of Confucius and an important source of Chinese 
traditional culture, Shandong will work hard to promote the creative 
development of fine traditional Chinese culture, create a highland for 
exchanges between civilizations and explore ways for culture inheritance to 
make contributions for promoting the common values of mankind, Li added.

"I subscribe to the world famous cultural giant Confucius whose birthplace the 
Nishan Forum on World Civilizations is named after and who believes in the 
equality and education of all people," Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Manasseh 
Sogavare said in a video at the ceremony, adding that the spirit of Nishan 
civilization is alive and active between Solomon Islands and China.

The eighth Nishan Forum on World Civilizations, which will last until Sept 28, 
features more than 40 activities, including keynote speeches, high-level 
dialogues and interviews with ministers and diplomats. The Nishan World 
Intellectual Businessmen Culture Forum was also launched for the first time.

Source: GLOBAL TIMES ONLINE

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