Koh Hock Kiat, the founder and director of the Singapore Xiang Institute, said "Many Western cultures, especially the Western philosophy, are relatively logical. They are more specific about philosophy and religion. These are in harmony with the different ideas of Chinese culture and can be perfectly combined together."
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism will take 40 diplomats from 25 countries on a visit to southwestern China's Guizhou province from Sept 26-29.
Nigel Morgan,professor of social sustainability at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom looks forward to learning more about what Beijing's cultural strategy to involve.
Ernest Moloi,Chief Sub Editor of Botswana Guardian newspaper, believes that culture is the foundation of economic,political and social development for every nation.
In the eyes of Gerald Mbanda, Rwandan researcher and publisher on China and Africa, China is a country that has a strong bond to culture. To Mbanda, diversity should not divide us. Instead, diversity should be a uniting factor. The Beijing Culture Forum has provided a platform that unites people to discuss various cultural benefits, things different cultures share and what we can learn from each other.?