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A symposium on the protection, development and application of traditional cultures along the Silk Road 2025 opened in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, People's Daily reported on Friday, citing Xinhua.
The symposium, co-organized by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government, the Provincial Department of Education and Northwest University (NWU), brought together more than 100 experts from higher education institutions in China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Morocco and the United Kingdom.
The event included the opening ceremony of the Intelligent Perception Laboratory for Situational Awareness in Countries Along the Silk Road, aimed at enhancing the level of cooperation between research organizations in China, Central Asia and Arab countries.
Speaking at the symposium, SZU Rector Sun Qingwei introduced those present to the university’s achievements in research related to the Great Silk Road.
The Silk Road served as a channel for trade and economic interaction and civilizational exchanges between the East and the West, and in modern times it has gained new vitality. Sun Qingwei called on the two sides to make joint efforts to deeply integrate production, education, research and application.
The main theme of the symposium is "The Great Silk Road: civilizational mutual learning and innovation in culture." It included two sub-forums on Chinese-Arab and Chinese-Central Asian civilizational exchanges.
(Editor: Chu Mengqi, Yang Qian)
