As the 2025 International Forum on Mutual Learning Among Civilizations kicks off today in China's Macao Special Administrative Region, scholar Zheng Yongnian highlighted two game-changing pillars of Chinese modernization that are reshaping global development conversations. 🎤
"China's civilization has thrived by balancing openness with unwavering self-determination," said Zheng, director of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)'s Advanced Institute of Global and Contemporary China Studies. He emphasized that the country's post-modernization strategy now focuses on creating "shared prosperity ladders" for other nations – a vision drawing nods from 50+ government leaders and experts across 10+ countries attending the forum. 🌐
The event comes as cross-border collaborations hit record levels this year, with China's tech-transfer initiatives to developing economies growing 18% since Q1 2025. Forum attendees will spend three days debating how to scale these efforts while preserving cultural identities – a challenge Zheng calls "the defining paradox of 21st-century progress." 💡
