Yin Yong, Mayor of Beijing, met with representatives of international guests of the Beijing Forum (2025) on the morning of November 7.
The Beijing Forum is an international academic conference jointly hosted by Peking University, Beijing Municipal Education Commission, and the Chey Institute for Advanced Studies. Dedicated to fostering dialogue among civilizations, the forum has been held 21 times since its inception in 2004. It has welcomed more than 7,000 dignitaries and distinguished scholars from over 80 countries and regions, establishing itself as a key platform for cultural and academic exchange.
Yin Yong said that the Recommendations of the CPC Central Committee for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development were adopted by the 20th Central Committee of the CPC at its Fourth Plenary Session. The document highlights accelerating innovation in digital and intelligent technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and applying AI tools in industrial development, cultural advancement, public well-being initiatives, and social governance. As a city with a profound historical and cultural heritage as well as vibrant innovation, Beijing has in recent years accelerated its development into an international innovation center, promoted AI and other digital industries as drivers of growth, actively explored an effective governance model for the super-large city, and fostered deeper integration of AI with urban governance. He stressed that addressing global development and governance challenges requires enhanced dialogue and exchange. This year’s forum centers on the transformation of human society and civilizational interactions amid digitalization and intelligentization. Participating experts and scholars are encouraged to engage in in-depth discussions on the forum’s theme and strengthen cooperation with Peking University and other Beijing-based universities in areas such as sci-tech innovation. In this way, they can jointly tackle common global challenges, advance exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and offer valuable insights for Beijing’s high-quality development.
Five distinguished foreign guests, including Michael Levitt, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and Professor at Stanford University; Kim Yoo-suk, President of Chey Institute for Advanced Studies; and Hans van de Ven, Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge, delivered remarks. They spoke highly of the Beijing Forum for its achievements in promoting dialogue and cooperation among civilizations since its inception and expressed gratitude to the Beijing Municipal Government and Peking University for providing a platform for collaboration and exchange among experts and scholars worldwide. They were confident that the forum would continue to generate valuable insights through effective exchange, contributing to the advancement of science and technology for the benefit of humanity.
He Guangcai, Secretary of the CPC Peking University Committee; Gong Qihuang, President of Peking University; and Zeng Jin, Secretary General of the Beijing Municipal Government, attended the meeting.
