Intl academic conference in Dalian enhances dialogue on future development of NE Asia

In addition to the main stage, the conference also featured two sub-forums. The "High-quality development, cultural exchanges and cooperation in Northeast Asia" sub-forum delved into current cultural exchanges, economic interactions and cooperation mechanisms among Northeast Asian countries. Experts called for enhanced multilateral exchanges and improved cooperation mechanisms to foster mutual learning and build a community with a shared future for mankind.

The "Exchanges and interaction among ethnic groups in Northeast China and their integration into the Chinese nation" sub-forum focused on the historical evidence of such interactions in the region. Scholars traced the origins of the "together as one family of the Chinese nation" concept agreed by all Chinese ethnic communities, highlighting that the regional ethnic communities have created, inherited and further developed the Chinese culture through mutual respect and cultural recognition, and have fostered a diverse and integrated landscape of ethnic coexistence via exchanges in all sectors.

Other prominent figures who addressed the conference included Yang Xinhua, editor-in-chief of The Illustrated Journal of China's Ethnics; Ding Keyi, president of Dalian Minzu University; and Lin Chongzhen, deputy editor-in-chief of the Center for Asia and Pacific of China International Communications Group.