The 2025 Beijing Culture Forum opened in the Chinese capital on Tuesday, drawing participants from home and abroad to discuss the integrated development of culture and sci-tech.
The event's main forum attracted over 800 participants from 58 countries and regions on the opening day, with Lazare Eloundou Assomo, director of World Heritage at UNESCO, and French director Jean Jacques Annaud giving keynote speeches.
The attendees noted that the ongoing wave of sci-tech and industrial transformation is driving deeper integration of culture and science-technology, which can help promote changes in the content of cultural production and modes of dissemination.
They emphasized that science-technology should always serve the inheritance and innovation of culture and that new technologies and methods should be applied to enhance the protection and transmission of cultural heritage.
"Nearly every expert at the Beijing Culture Forum mentioned AI and expanding business abroad, which give us sci-tech companies a more precise direction when empowering cultural enterprises," said Xu Zewei, one of the guests.
"Focusing on the shared evolution and integrated development of culture and science-technology is crucial. We've seen so many rich, exciting, and effective practices, which make us very confident in the mutual stimulation and two-way empowerment of culture and sci-tech," said Gao Shiming, Vice Chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
Highlighting the importance of fostering exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, the attendees urged the creation of more online platforms for cross-cultural engagement and communication, enabling people worldwide to gain a better understanding of each other's cultures.
The two-day event will also feature six parallel forums.
Beijing Culture Forum opens, highlighting integration of culture, sci-tech
