Published: 12:55, May 22, 2026
Shenzhen forum focuses on enhancing GBA strength in digital intelligence age
By Wang Zhan
Pang Chuan, vice president of the Macau University of Science and Technology, delivers a speech at the Forum on Enhancing the Cultural Strength of the Greater Bay Area in the Age of Digital Intelligence on May 22, 2026. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

SHENZHEN – A forum in Shenzhen on enhancing the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area’s cultural strength in the age of digital intelligence brought together leading thinkers, technologists, and cultural practitioners across China on Friday.

The Forum on Enhancing the Cultural Strength of the Greater Bay Area in the Age of Digital Intelligence was held at Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center.

This photo shows a section of participants at the Forum on Enhancing the Cultural Strength of the Greater Bay Area in the Age of Digital Intelligence in Shenzhen on May 22, 2026. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

The event is part of Forums on Building up China’s Cultural Strengths 2026, organized by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

Co-organizers include the publicity and cultural department of the central government's liaison offices in Hong Kong and Macao, the Guangdong provincial government and the Shenzhen municipal government.

Renowned philosopher Zhou Guoping delivers a speech at the Forum on Enhancing the Cultural Strength of the Greater Bay Area in the Age of Digital Intelligence on May 22, 2026. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)
Pang Chuan, vice president of the Macau University of Science and Technology, delivers a speech at the Forum on Enhancing the Cultural Strength of the Greater Bay Area in the Age of Digital Intelligence on May 22, 2026. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)
Xu Yangsheng, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a presidential chair professor in The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), delivers a speech at the Forum on Enhancing the Cultural Strength of the Greater Bay Area in the Age of Digital Intelligence on May 22, 2026. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)
The Forum on Enhancing the Cultural Strength of the Greater Bay Area in the Age of Digital Intelligence is in progress in Shenzhen on May 22, 2026. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)