ThePressConferenceoftheThirdGlobalizationForumonWorldCulturalDiversityisheldinZhejiangHall,theGreatHallofthePeopleonOctober19,2005.Mr.HEChongyuan,vicePresidentofPeople’sDaily,Mr.YeMing,ViceSecretary-generaloftheCPCHangzhouMunicipalCommitteeandMr.LUNZhibiao,ViceChairmanoftheGlobalizationCooperationFoundationgavepresentationsontheforumtenet,theme,topicsandthepreliminaryprogram.
TheThirdGlobalizationForumonWorldCulturalDiversityisorganizedbyPeople’sDaily,theGlobalizationCooperationfoundationandUNESCO’sGlobalAllianceforCulturalDiversityandishostedbytheHangzhouPeople’sMunicipalGovernment.TheForumwillbeheldinHangzhou,Zhejiang,ChinaonNovember8and9,2005.
Withthethemeof“RespectCulturalDiversity,JointlyBuildaHarmoniousWorld”,theForumwillcarrydiscussionsonthefollowingtopics,“RespectandNurtureculturaldiversity,PushForwardEqualdialoguesbetweenDiverseCivilizations”,“AdvocateNewCivilizationConcept,BuildaHarmoniousWorld”,“OpportunitiesandChallengesforDevelopingCulturalDiversity”,“EconomicGlobalizationandCulturalDiversity”,“CreativeCityDevelopmentandCulturalDiversity”,“WorldDiversityandRecreationIndustryDevelopment”,and“UniquenessofNationalCultureandDiversityofWorldCultures”.About180guestsincludingstatesman,socialactivists,renownedspecialistsandscholarsfrombothhomeandaboardandseniorrepresentativesfrominternationalorganizations,anddiplomatsfromEmbassiesinBeijingwillattendtheForum.
Hangzhou,thecityawardedbytheUNwith“BestHumanResidenceEnvironment”and“InternationalGardenCity”willhosttheForum.Asthehost,HangzhouwillorganizeaShowonCulturalDiversitiesonNovember10,2005withpackagesofTraditionalCulture,ModernCultureandCultureElite,etc.,besidesherorganizationofapanel“CulturalDiversityandtheDevelopmentofRecreationIndustry”.AllguestsandparticipantsarewelcomedtotheShowandtotheplacesofinterestsinHangzhou.
Today,multi-polorization,economicglobalizationandculturaldiversityarethethreemajortrendsoftheworld’sdevelopment.Countriesareincreasinglyinterdependentoneachotherduetotheeconomicglobalization.Insteadofculturalglobalizationorassimilation,identityofeachethnicgroupanddifferencesbetweenculturesstillremain.Theworldcultureisdiversifiedanddevelopingtogether.It’sofgreatsignificancetoencouragedialoguesandfriendlycoexistencebetweencivilizations,toadvocateopen-mindedandtolerantattitudetowarddifferentvaluesandcivilizationsandtopromoterespectforindependentchoiceofsocialsystemanddevelopmentmode.Allofthesewillhelpsafeguardworldpeaceandacceleratecommonprosperity.
