The presence of ZJU expert in the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations

The Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations was held in Beijing on May 15. President XI Jinping delivered a keynote speech entitled “Creates a new platform for civilizations in Asia and beyond to engage in dialogue and exchanges on an equal footing to facilitate mutual learning ” at the opening ceremony.

Prof. ZHOU Guping, Director of the Center for Research Regional Coordination Development and Dean of China Academy of West Region Development, attended the conference and delivered a keynote speech entitled “The Role of Universities in Promoting Asian Civilizations and People-to-people Bonds” on the forum of “Asian Civilizations and Contemporary Asian Development”.

“Universities play an irreplaceable role in promoting people-to-people bonds. Their salient assets are not only instrumental to the universality of people-to-people bonds but also beneficial to theoretical and practical innovation in this regard. Building people-to-people bonds are a systematic project, and universities should work out a better strategy for civilized exchanges, smart applications, discourse construction and platform building, thus making great contributions to elevating people-to-people bonds to a higher level,” said ZHOU Guping in her speech.