Seminar, magazine discuss civilizational exchanges

Mutual understanding and trust, interconnectivity, as well as mutual learning and complementation, are crucial for exchange among civilizations, said cultural expert Xiong Chengyu.

Yet, all of these serve the ultimate goal of mutual benefit and prosperity and fueling an innovative future for all, added the director of the Institute for Cultural Development and Communication at the Communication University of China.

Xiong was attending a seminar in Beijing on March 22 celebrating the 10th anniversary of President Xi Jinping's speech at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on March 27, 2014, during which he highlighted diversity, equality and inclusiveness among civilizations, and pointed out the importance of exchange and mutual learning between civilizations as a key impetus for human progress, global peace and development.