Strengthening cultural exchanges with foreign countries and multi-level dialogue among civilizations

The "Proposals of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the 2035 Long-term Goals" reviewed and approved by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. "Cultural undertakings and cultural industries, improving the country's cultural soft power" made a systematic exposition, clearly requiring "to focus on telling Chinese stories well, innovate and promote international communication, strengthen foreign cultural exchanges and multi-level dialogue among civilizations", and put forward the strategic goal of building a cultural power by 2035. Civilizations communicate because of diversity, learn from each other because of communication, and develop because of mutual learning. In the process of building a culturally powerful country, we must not only devote ourselves to the inheritance and development of our own culture, but also adhere to openness, tolerance, mutual learning and mutual learning, break down the barriers of cultural exchanges with a broad mind that embraces all rivers, and absorb other civilizations with an eclectic attitude. The nutrients of Chinese civilization have created new glory in dialogue and exchanges.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "All living organisms need metabolism, otherwise life will stop. The same is true of civilization, which is bound to decline if it closes itself for a long time. Exchange and mutual appreciation are the essential requirements of the development of civilization. Only by exchanging and learning from other civilizations can we maintain our vigorous vitality." The development of human society is a process from closed to open. The exchange of civilizations not only promotes the dialogue between China and the world, but also injects new vitality into the common development of human society. From the eastward spread of Buddhism in history, "Yi Confucianism", to the "eastward spread of Western learning" in modern times, the New Culture Movement, Marxism and socialist thought were introduced into China, and then to the omni-directional opening up to the outside world since the reform and opening up, Chinese civilization has always been new in eclecticism; and China's papermaking, gunpowder, printing, compass, astronomical calendar, philosophical ideas, people-based ideas and other profound influence in the world, it has given a strong impetus to the development of human civilization.

The world today is facing major changes unseen in a century. Hegemonism and power politics still exist, protectionism and unilateralism continue to rise, and governance deficits, trust deficits, peace deficits, and development deficits have become severe challenges facing all mankind. Cultural exchanges and dialogue among civilizations focus on seeking common ground while reserving differences and win-win cooperation, which is an important way to eliminate estrangement and misunderstanding and promote people-to-people understanding. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized the importance of cultural exchanges and dialogue among civilizations on different occasions, and made a series of important deployments to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, and to achieve policy communication in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road". The five major areas of facility connectivity, smooth trade, financial integration, and people-to-people connectivity go hand in hand, laying a solid humanistic foundation for building a new international relationship with mutual respect for mutual respect, fairness and win cooperation. Facing the future, strengthening foreign cultural exchanges and multi-level dialogue among civilizations, and promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, we need to focus on the following aspects.

Respect the diversity of civilizations and promote equal exchanges. Harmony without diversity and eclecticism is the civilized position of the Chinese nation. Human beings only have the difference of skin color and language, civilization only has the difference of colorful flowers, but there is no difference between high and low. In today's world, there are more than 200 countries and regions and more than 2500 ethnic groups. Each group has accumulated unique wisdom in historical development. It is China's consistent practice to respect the unique value of each civilization and not to despise or derogate other civilizations. To build a culturally powerful country, we must recognize and respect cultural diversity and civilization diversity, uphold the concept of openness, tolerance, mutual learning and mutual learning, deepen our understanding of the differences between our own civilization and other civilizations, and use a more confident attitude and a broader mind., In-depth cultural exchanges and cooperation with other countries, and extensive participation in the dialogue of world civilizations; we must be good at building new cross-country and multi-level dialogue platforms such as the "Asian Civilization Dialogue Conference" and "China-Africa Cooperation Forum", and insist that all countries, big or small, strong or weak, rich or poor, have a voice and cooperation in common human affairs. Right, through extensive and diverse cultural exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, let the people of the world better understand China and the Chinese people better understand the world.

Strengthen cultural self-confidence, inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture. The foundation of cultural exchanges and dialogue among civilizations is to understand, maintain and carry forward the ideology and culture of one's own country and nation. Only by taking root in our own soil and strengthening our cultural self-confidence can we have the confidence to spread our own civilization and have the ability to absorb and learn from other civilizations. For China, in the process of building a cultural power and promoting the exchange and mutual learning of civilizations, we should not only consciously know Chinese civilization and know Chinese culture like the back of our hand, but also carry out creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional culture, create a new cultural pattern that is compatible with contemporary culture and coordinated with modern society, and create new cultural concepts, new categories and new expressions that integrate China and foreign countries. Enhance the vitality and influence of Chinese civilization, promote the organic interaction and integration of Chinese civilization and other human civilization achievements. In addition, the Chinese civilization of more than 5000 years is made up of the wisdom of generations of workers. The creation of civilization and cultural innovation all originate from the people. In the process of developing culture and inheriting civilization, we should be good at stimulating the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the people, respect the dominant position of the people, invigorate the spirit of the whole nation, promote the prosperity and development of culture, and then create greater cultural miracles.

Use modern means of communication to expand the space for exchanges between Chinese and foreign civilizations. General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to modern means of communication and proposes to "form an all-media communication system with intensive resources, reasonable structure, differential development, and coordination and efficiency". With the in-depth advancement of media integration and the improvement of the all-media communication system, the technical foundation for building a cultural power is different from the past, and the platform for promoting cultural exchanges and dialogue among civilizations has also undergone significant changes. Cutting-edge technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence have been applied to the collection, production and distribution of all kinds of cultural information, enhancing the degree of connection between Chinese civilization and other civilizations in the world, and building a new platform for displaying the image of China in the new era. We must make good use of all-media methods, innovate and promote international communication, adhere to close to China's reality, close to international concerns, close to foreign audiences, and use a discourse system and expression that the other party can understand and accept, and take the initiative to tell the Chinese Communist Party's governance. The story of the Chinese people's struggle to realize their dreams, the story of the flesh-and-blood connection between the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese people, and the story of China's adherence to peaceful development and win-win cooperation, build a bridge for effective interaction between the Chinese people and the people of other countries in the world, so that the world can better understand China, and join hands with other countries in the world to write a new chapter of human civilization.
 

Source: Guangming Daily