Guests attend the opening ceremony of 2024 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2024. The 2024 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Guests attend the opening ceremony of 2024 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2024. The 2024 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Guests attend the opening ceremony of 2024 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2024. The 2024 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Guests attend the opening ceremony of 2024 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2024. The 2024 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

Guests attend the opening ceremony of 2024 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2024. The 2024 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Irina Bokova, former director-general of UNESCO, speaks at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2024. The 2024 Beijing Culture Forum, with the theme of "Enhance Cultural Exchanges for Common Progress," opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Yukio Hatoyama, former Japanese prime minister and chair of the East Asian Community Institute, delivers a speech at the main forum of the 2024 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2024. The 2024 Beijing Culture Forum, with the theme of "Enhance Cultural Exchanges for Common Progress," opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

Pen Moni Makara, secretary of state of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia, delivers a speech at the main forum of the 2024 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2024. The 2024 Beijing Culture Forum, with the theme of "Enhance Cultural Exchanges for Common Progress," opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

Gao Xiang, president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), delivers a speech at the main forum of the 2024 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2024. The 2024 Beijing Culture Forum, with the theme of "Enhance Cultural Exchanges for Common Progress," opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

Csaba Gabor, deputy state secretary at the Ministry of Culture and Innovation of Hungary, delivers a speech at the main forum of the 2024 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2024. The 2024 Beijing Culture Forum, with the theme of "Enhance Cultural Exchanges for Common Progress," opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

Pansy Ho, vice chairperson of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and chairman of Shun Tak Holdings Limited, delivers a speech at the main forum of the 2024 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2024. The 2024 Beijing Culture Forum, with the theme of "Enhance Cultural Exchanges for Common Progress," opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Yin Li, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, attends the 2024 Beijing Culture Forum and delivers a speech in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2024. The forum opened here on Thursday. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)