The 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum concluded on Friday, following in-depth discussions centered around the theme of "Upholding International Order and Promoting Peaceful Development."
The three-day event gathered over 1,800 participants, including official delegates, experts, scholars, and observers from more than 100 countries, regions, and international organizations.
Discussions covered issues such as building a just and equitable global security governance system, enhancing strategic mutual trust and security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific, safeguarding international order and global stability, and promoting regional peace through dialogue and consultation.
The forum also featured a leading experts' dialogue, a seminar for young military officers and scholars, and several closed-door sessions, fostering mutual learning and expanding communication channels between Chinese and international participants.
"We believe that China will continue to be a very strong champion of peace and stability globally. And we are also confident that going forward, this forum will continue to be a very influential platform to address collective security challenges, and we look forward to its continued growth and Rwanda to be able to participate in the upcoming editions," Rwandan Defense Minister Juvenal Marizamunda told China Central Television after taking part in the forum's fourth plenary session on Friday.
Since its launch in 2006, the Beijing Xiangshan Forum has evolved into a major international platform for defense and security dialogue.
Beijing Xiangshan Forum concludes, championing int'l order, peaceful development
The 32nd Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) concluded on Sunday after a five-day run, sealing 2,835 copyright trade agreements and letters of intent between Chinese and international publishers.
The fair brought together over 1,700 exhibitors from 82 countries and regions, with social sciences, children's books, and science and technology titles ranking as the top three categories in trading volume.
At the exhibition, the first batch of results from the China-Italy Classic Works Mutual Translation and Publishing Project was officially unveiled.
Four works have completed mutual translation and publication: Chinese titles "I and the Temple of Earth" and "An Overview of Ancient Chinese Architecture", alongside Italian classics "I Canti" and "From the New Science".
"I believe this will bring great cultural value to readers in both Italy and China. This year marks the first achievement, and we are now in the process of deciding the four books to be translated next year," said Federico Roberto Antonelli, cultural counselor of Italian Embassy in China.
Domestic publishing houses continued to push high-quality works for overseas promotion.
China's "Road Choices in the Past 100 Years", a record of China's century-long development journey, saw its Arabic, Russian, and Portuguese editions launched at the fair.
"This book has already been translated into five languages. We've found that many international colleagues are paying close attention to this type of books. We also believe that books on the origins of Chinese civilization and other traditional cultural classics (and similar topics) are of high demand," said Song Zhijun, executive director and Party secretary of Life Reading New Knowledge Sanlian Bookstore.
"Charming Guangdong," a book celebrating Lingnan culture, has signed a copyright deal with a Polish publishing institution to expand its international audience.
This year's fair featured a rich variety of copyright export categories, covering literature, art, history, and other fields, with notable achievements in children's publications going global.
Haiyan Publishing House signed strategic cooperation agreements with publishing institutions from the United States and Sri Lanka, centered on its "Chinese Classic Folk Tales Picture Book Series" as part of the Chinese Civilization Heritage Collection.
The 32nd Beijing International Book Fair opened on June 17 at the China National Convention Center in Beijing under the theme "Books as a Bridge for Dialogue, Exchange and Win-Win Cooperation".
32nd Beijing Int’l Book Fair concludes with 2,835 copyright agreements
