Exploring World Cultural Development and Advocating Progressive and Diversified Culture—Review of the First World Cultural Forum

ABSTRACT

The World Cultural Forum aims to build a platform for discussing and exchanging ideas on world cultural development in a broad sense, so as to jointly oppose “cultural hegemony,” “cultural imperialism” and “cultural colonialism,” to advocate the advancement and sustainable diversity of world culture, and to promote the construction of a new world cultural order. The World Cultural Forum is to be held once every two years. The First World Cultural Forum was held in Beijing on October 18–19, 2015, with more than 160 experts, scholars and progressives in attendance. On the theme of “Progressiveness and Diversity of Contemporary World Culture,” the participants discussed world cultural development in general and ideological and cultural issues in various fields, exchanged ideas on the relationship between culture and human destiny, community and social progress, and issued “The Consensus of the First World Cultural Forum.”

KEYWORDS:

• World Cultural Forum
• cultural hegemony
• cultural imperialism
• cultural colonialism
• new world cultural order

Acknowledgements

This article is translated by Li Shuqing at the China Agricultural University (Yantai).

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Notes on contributor

Wang Zhongbao is an associate researcher at the Academy of Marxism, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. His research covers China's economic reform, inequality and sustainable development, economic globalization, and economic crisis. His publications include Economic Globalization and Change of China’s Interests (in Chinese, Fudan University Press, 2007).