On November 8, the Forum on Chinese Path to Modernization and New Opportunities for China-Latin America Publishing Cooperation was held in Santiago, Chile. The Forum was a key event during the Santiago International Book Fair 2024 that was being held with China the guest of honor. Guests including heads of relevant departments of Chinese institutions, Niu Qingbao, Ambassador of China to Chile, and Fernando Reyes Matta, former Ambassador of Chile to China, attended the forum and delivered speeches. More than 150 publishers and scholars from Chinese and Latin American publishing and cultural circles, and university think tanks attended the Forum.
(The scene of the Forum)
(Speech by Mr. Niu Qingbao, Ambassador of China to Chile)
(Speech by Mr. Fernando Reyes Matta, former Ambassador of Chile to China)
(Mr. Li Yongqiang, Chairman of the Board of the Belt & Road Publishing Cooperative, Chair of the Press Council and Chairman of the Board of China Renmin University Press, presided over the meeting.)
At the Forum, Kang Zhen, Vice President of Beijing Normal University, Luis Schmidt, former Ambassador of Chile to China, Yang Fengcheng, Dean of the School of CPC History and Party Building of Renmin University of China, Jorge Malena, President of the Asian Affairs Committee of the Argentine Council for International Relations, Xu Yongjun, Professor of the School of Information Resource Management and Director of Information Center for Social Sciences of Renmin University of China, and Andrés Bórquez, Director of the Graduate School of Asian Studies at the University of Chile shared in-depth views on the unique Chinese path to modernization, how it succeeded, and how it will inspire the Latin American countries in their modernization process.
(Speakers from Chinese institutions: Kang Zhen, Yang Fengcheng, Xu Yongjun)
(Speakers from Foreign institutions: Luis Schmidt, Jorge Malena, Andrés Bórquez)
Heads and researchers of publishing and cultural institutions including Zhang Jichen, Vice General Manager of China Publishing & Media Holdings Co., Ltd., Marcos Barraza, former Minister of the Ministry of Social Development of Chile, Feng Yunsheng, President of China Education Publishing & Media Group Co., Ltd., Viviana Lavín, General Manager of VLP Agencia de Derechos de Autor of Chile, Rui Hong, General Manager and Editor-in-Chief of Zhejiang Publishing United Group, Edmundo Bustos, former Cultural Counsellor of the Chilean Embassy in China and Director of the Institute of Complex Systems of Valparaíso, and Zong Junfeng, Counselor of Tsinghua University Press reviewed the fruitful achievements of China-Latin America and China-Chile publishing cooperation in recent years, and shared hopes about future prospects of cooperation.
(Zhang Jichen, Vice General Manager of China Publishing & Media Holdings Co., Ltd., is delivering a speech.)
(Speakers from Chinese institutions: Feng Yunsheng, Rui Hong, Zong Junfeng)
(Speakers from Foreign institutions: Marcos Barraza, Viviana Lavín, Edmundo Bustos)
During the Forum, the Belt & Road Publishing Cooperative received new members. Mr. Li Yongqiang, Chairman of the Board of the Cooperative released a report on the achievements in the development of the Cooperative, which was then joined by a number of Chilean research institutions and publishers. The Spanish versions of Xi Jinping’s Socialist Thought with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era in Zhejiang by Zhejiang Publishing United Group, Face to Face with Chinese Modernization by Xue Xi Chu Ban She and China Intercontinental Press, the “Contemporary China” Series by China Renmin University Press, The Roots and Achievements of the “Chinese Miracle”: China on the Road to the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation by China National Publications Import and Export (Group) Co., Ltd, and other books were launched at the Forum. China Renmin University Press also signed a cooperative agreement with Hueders for the Spanish copyright of Chinese Modernization for the Common Wealth of All People.
(Mr. Li Yongqiang, Chairman of the Board of the Belt & Road Publishing Cooperative releasing the report on the achievements in the development of the Cooperative)
(Inauguration of new members of the Belt & Road Publishing Cooperative)
(Book Launching Ceremony)
(China Renmin University Press signed a cooperative agreement with Hueders)
First review: Wang Fanghui, Wu Miao, Zang Yiming
Second review: Liu Guangyu
Final review: Guo Xiaoming