Dialogues among civilizations provide spiritual support for building community with shared future: Pakistani scholar
By Ding
Xuezhen from People’s Daily
Exchanges
and mutual learning among civilizations will consolidate consensus for
development and provide spiritual support for the building of a community with
a shared future for mankind, a Pakistani scholar told People’s Daily during a
recent interview ahead of the upcoming Conference on Dialogue of Asian
Civilizations.
Syed
Hasan Javed, Director of Chinese Studies Centre at the National University of
Science and Technology in Pakistan, expressed his expectations toward the
conference, saying that dialogues among civilizations help remove barriers,
strengthen mutual understanding and further enhance mutual trust among
countries and peoples.
During
the interview, the director quoted Chinese President Xi Jinping’s remarks that
civilization becomes colorful because of exchanges, and abundant because of
mutual learning, saying Xi’s words carry the profound significance of exchanges
and mutual learning among civilizations.
In the
era of globalization, no country is able to develop without
cooperation, said Javed, adding that every county will benefit from regional
development promoted by the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.
Building
a platform for the exchanges among Asian civilizations is quite necessary, the
director remarked. It will protect the diversity of civilizations in the region
and boost inclusive development of global civilization, he said, noting that
mutual understanding and mutual respect are the foundation for close
relationships between countries and civilizations.
Javed believes
that strengthening dialogues among civilizations is of huge significance
for the building of a community with a shared future for mankind - a
grand vision that points direction for the future development of human society.
Protectionism
and unilateralism will never end well as they do no good to the common
prosperity of the human society, and win-win cooperation is what all countries
must pursue to achieve development, Javed said.
China
enjoys a long history and rich culture. The people-oriented spirit, as well as
the worship of peace and sound relations with other countries upheld by the
traditional Chinese culture is what the world must go after in order to achieve
development. They also conform to the trend of time for common development,
Javed said.
Building
a community with a shared future for mankind embodies the Chinese philosophy of
“making the world a harmonious one,” he added.
In the
past six years, the Belt and Road construction has made remarkable achievements
in infrastructure, and greatly promoted the economic and social development of
relevant countries, Javed noted.
During the
second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, President
Xi called to build bridges for exchanges and mutual learning among different
cultures, deepen cultural cooperation and facilitate multi-faceted
people-to-people exchanges.
Speaking
of Xi’s remarks, Javed said that cultural and people-to-people exchanges will
play a more important role as the Belt and Road construction moves toward
high-quality development.
On one
hand, cultural exchanges can improve the inclusiveness and understanding and
clear the barriers caused by misunderstandings; on the other hand, such
exchanges will create more business opportunities so that the Belt and Road
construction can better serve the people and bring more sense of gain to them,
Javed said.
Two
international students from the International Exchange College of Inner
Mongolia Normal University make shadow puppets at the Inner Mongolia Exhibition
Museum in Hohhot, capital of north China’s Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region, April 25, 2019. A total of 32 international
students from Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Laos, Cambodia, Pakistan and other
countries participated in this cultural activity.
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