The 2024 Global Forum on Hehe Culture with the theme of "Hehe Culture and New Model for Human Progress" was held in Tiantai county, Taizhou city, eastern China's Zhejiang province on Saturday. Zhu Yongxin, vice chairperson of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and executive vice chairperson of the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the forum.

Zhu stressed the need to put the people at the center and promote Chinese culture as well as the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

He said we should strengthen cultural confidence, deepen cultural exchanges, and promote the progress of civilizations.

He also called for adhering to the philosophy of peace and harmony, upholding the spirit that "our shared future depends on Earth," and promoting the building of a global community of shared future.

The forum was jointly organized by the Taizhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Taizhou Municipal People's Government, and the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies under the guidance of the Publicity Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the CPC and China International Communications Group.

新华社杭州11月2日电 以“和合文化与人类文明新形态”为主题的2024和合文化全球论坛2日在浙江省台州市天台县举行。全国政协副主席、民进中央常务副主席朱永新出席开幕式并作特别致辞。

朱永新表示，“和合共生”的价值追求，与人民政协担当职责使命，推动构建大团结大联合格局高度契合。新的历史起点上，要坚守人民立场，赓续传承中华文脉，建设中华民族现代文明；坚定文化自信，深化中外文化交流，促进不同文明共同进步；坚持和合之道，秉持“同球共济”精神，推动构建人类命运共同体。

论坛由浙江省委宣传部、中国外文局指导，中共台州市委、台州市人民政府、当代中国与世界研究院主办。