Participants attend the 19th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province, on June 7, 2023. (WILLIAM XU / CHINA DAILY)
A high-level forum that focuses on promoting cultural development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will be held on Thursday, with scholars and experts sharing their insights and thoughts on how to bolster cultural strength in the 11-city cluster.
The “Build up the Cultural Strength of the Greater Bay Area” session, hosted by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, is one of parallel sessions of the Forum on Building up China’s Cultural Strength, which includes one main forum and seven parallel sessions.
The event will also feature four seminars, focusing on cultural policy and cultural development, cultural blending, innovation and development, exchanges and mutual learning
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Scholars and experts from Guangdong province, and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions will deliver keynote speeches at the one-day session. The event will also feature four seminars, focusing on cultural policy and cultural development, cultural blending, innovation and development, exchanges and mutual learning.
The forum will take place on the sidelines of the 19th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair, which opened in Shenzhen on Wednesday and runs through Sunday.
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Over 3,000 government delegations, enterprises and organizations will attend the five-day fair, which is one of the largest cultural industry events in the country.
Participants attend the 19th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province, on June 7, 2023. (WILLIAM XU / CHINA DAILY)
The international fair has attracted more than 300 overseas exhibitors from 50 countries and regions, which has returned to its pre-pandemic level.
