International Forum on Mutual Learning Among Civilizations 2026 Opens in Macao on Monday, Drawing Nearly 300 Participants From Over 20 Countries
The second International Forum on Mutual Learning Among Civilizations 2026, hosted by the Macao SAR Government with academic support from the Institute of Chinese History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, will be held in Macao, China, on November 9 and 10. Nearly 300 government representatives, international organization delegates, and leading scholars from more than 20 countries and regions will gather for close to 40 keynote speeches and academic exchanges.
Keynote addresses will center on the theme "Mutual Learning Among Civilizations: Inheritance and Development," delivered by seven experts: Feng Shi of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Takeshi Hamashita of the Toyo Bunko and Sun Yat-sen University; Cheng Li of the University of Hong Kong; Qiang Shigong, president of Minzu University of China; Zheng Yongnian of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Mu Xin Xin of the Macao Federation of Cultural Circles; and Hugh Bowden of King's College London, spanning history, jurisprudence, finance, sociology, international relations history, and journalism and communication studies.
Sub-forums and academic salons will bring together participants from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, as well as Brazil, the United States, Portugal, Greece, Italy, the United Kingdom, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Argentina, around three themes: "Civilizational Dialogue Across Mountains and Seas," "Civilizational Links Between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries," and "The Light of Civilization in the AI Era."
The first forum was held in Macao in December 2025 and issued the "Macao Initiative on Mutual Learning, Inheritance and Innovation Among Civilizations." Macao's Cultural Affairs Bureau said the forum puts the Global Civilization Initiative into practice and leverages Macao's role as a base for exchange and cooperation where Chinese culture is the mainstream and diverse cultures coexist, building the city into an important window for exchanges between Chinese and Western civilizations.
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(Source: Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR)
Source: Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR
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Photo: 图：「文明互鉴国际论坛2026」官方主视觉海报（澳门特别行政区政府文化体育局）。 / Official poster of the International Forum on Mutual Learning Among Civilizations 2026 (Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR).
