Third Cross-Strait Chinese Culture Summit opens in Beijing

The Third Cross-Strait Chinese Culture Summit opened in Beijing on Monday, gathering cultural representatives from both sides of the Taiwan Strait to exchange ideas on preserving, promoting, and developing Chinese culture.

This year's summit features multiple sub-forums covering diverse cultural fields, along with a series of activities like cultural performances, exhibitions, and visits. Participants emphasized that culture is the soul of a nation, an inseparable root embedded in the bloodline of compatriots on both sides of the Strait, and the most resilient spiritual bond connecting people across the Strait.

"The summit combines presentations, performances and visits in forms, while also addressing the needs of different generations. Aside from discussions among professionals, we have incorporated youth perspectives and popular culture, so culture is not only discussed, but also can be felt and experienced, thereby presenting a more diverse and multidimensional picture of it," said Liu Chao-shiuan, chairman of the Foundation of Chinese Culture for Sustainable Development.

"Young people on both sides of the Strait, no matter where they are, can pick up their phones at any time to read the same book, watch the same drama, or listen to the same song together. They can share real-time comments, write reviews, and talk about their aspirations, achieving seamless connection of thoughts and emotions," said Zhang Hongsen, president of China Writers Association.

Participants from both sides noted that cultural exchange has become an indispensable part of daily life for people across the Strait, and that deepening cross-Strait cooperation complies with people's desire.

"Among the 10 policy measures announced by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee with authorization, there is a commitment to promoting the screening and broadcasting of film and television works on both sides that display cross-Strait familial endearment and beautiful life. I believe this is what Taiwan society is all willing to see. As true Taiwan residents, grounded in our cultural DNA, we should also proudly and unequivocally claim our identity as Chinese," said Chang Jung-kung, vice chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT).

Third Cross-Strait Chinese Culture Summit opens in Beijing

China's traditional building materials industry accelerated its structural optimization amid headwinds in the first quarter of this year, with green development emerging as a core growth engine.

As the traditional building materials industry steps up its green transformation, a cumulative total of 29.8 million tons of low-efficiency production capacity has been phased out, reversing the decline of capacity utilization, industry data showed.

The industry of advanced inorganic non-metallic materials, represented by photovoltaic glass, glass fiber and its products, experienced rapid growth. Demand for photovoltaic glass accounted for nearly 50 percent of total flat glass demand, and the total profit of the industry of glass fiber and its products surged by 130 percent year on year.

Meanwhile, green building materials recorded growth in both volume and profitability. By the end of the first quarter, China's certified green building materials increased by 5 percent compared with the end of 2025, and the industry's total profits grew 16.2 percent year on year.

"Ten government departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, have jointly issued an implementation plan for high-quality development of the green building materials industry, guiding the green transition of the sector. In the first quarter of the year, the total revenue of the green building materials industry exceeded 61.1 billion yuan (about 8.99 billion U.S. dollars), maintaining a rapid growth of 12 percent and laying a solid foundation for achieving the annual revenue target of 300 billion yuan," said Yan Xiaofeng, president of the China Building Materials Federation.

China’s traditional building materials industry speeds up green transition in Q1