2026 Beijing Culture Forum Opens; Li Shulei Attends and Delivers Keynote Speech
The Beijing Culture Forum focuses on cultural heritage and mutual learning among civilizations, bringing together guests from 44 countries and regions to explore new paths for protection cooperation and global governance, helping promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations and sustainable development
The 2026 Beijing Cultural Forum opened in Beijing on September 22. Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended and delivered the keynote speech. Yin Li, Secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, gave remarks.
This year's forum, themed "Cultural Heritage and Civilizational Mutual Learning," was jointly hosted by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. More than 600 guests from 44 countries and regions attended the forum and exchanged views on issues such as cultural heritage protection, international cooperation, and global governance.
Attending guests said that cultural heritage is the shared wealth of all humanity and that the principles of giving priority to protection, reasonable use, and minimal intervention should be upheld. They called for strengthened experience sharing and multilateral cooperation, and for promoting projects such as the study of ancient civilizations, joint archaeology, restoration of historic sites, and museum exchanges, so as to advance civilizational mutual learning and sustainable development.