Deepening Exchanges and Mutual Learning among Civilizations for an Asian Community with a Shared Future

    Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations, Beijing, on May 15, 2019.

    “Deepening Exchanges and Mutual Learning among Civilizations for an Asian Community with a Shared Future” is a keynote speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations, Beijing, on May 15, 2019. According to the speech, diversity spurs interaction among civilizations, which in turn promotes mutual learning and their further development. We need to promote exchanges and mutual learning among countries, nations, and cultures around the world, and strengthen popular support for jointly building a community with a shared future for both Asia and humanity as a whole. We need to respect each other and treat each other as equals, uphold the beauty of each civilization and the diversity of civilizations in the world, stay open and inclusive and draw on each other’s strengths and advance with the times and explore new ground in development. The speech emphasized Chinese civilization is an inseparable part of Asian civilizations. For Chinese civilization, amity and good neighborliness is the principle guiding our interactions with other countries; and to deliver prosperity and security to the people is the overarching goal, to keep pace with the times through reform and innovation the abiding commitment, and to achieve harmony between man and nature the underlying philosophy. China today is more than the country itself; it is very much a part of Asia and the world. In the time to come, China will open its arms wider to embrace the world and contribute the dynamic achievements of Chinese civilization to a better world in the future.