Not long ago, at the Abu Dhabi International Arts Festival 2024 in the United Arab Emirates, China's New Year's Eve ballet New Year's Eve triggered a warm response. The auspicious cranes and vigorous pines reflect each other, the fan dance, silk dance and porcelain dance also have their own characteristics, the sugar gourds, little windmills and gyroscopes create a bustling temple fair scene. ...... New Year's Eve not only contains the elements of the classic ballet, but also combines the essence of many Chinese traditional dances and operas, sending the audience of the United Arab Emirates a good blessing. This is a vivid demonstration of the openness and inclusiveness of Chinese culture, and also shows the confidence and commitment to promote the exchange and mutual understanding of civilizations and people-to-people communication in the new era.

Culture is both national and universal. Since ancient times, Chinese civilization has been renowned for its openness and tolerance, and has constantly renewed its vitality through exchanges and mutual learning with other civilizations. Openness and inclusiveness are important principles that must be adhered to in building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. General Secretary Xi Jinping has given important instructions on propaganda, ideology and cultural work, and put forward the requirement of "seven efforts", one of which is to "make efforts to strengthen the building of international communication capacity and promote exchanges and mutual understanding of civilizations". Adhering to Xi Jinping's cultural thought as a leader, and constantly creating a new situation for propaganda, ideology and cultural work, we should deeply understand that promoting exchanges and mutual understanding of civilizations highlights the open and tolerant mindset of the Communists, and we should insist on thinking of the whole world, drawing on the fruits of the excellent civilizations of mankind in an eclectic manner, and promoting Chinese culture to go out in a self-confident and open manner to promote the common values of all humankind and the implementation of the global civilization initiatives.

From Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions to Jianzhen's eastward journey, from the meeting of envoys from ten thousand countries in Chang'an to the departure of the Maritime Silk Road, Chinese civilization has demonstrated its openness to the world's civilizations. Based on China's millions of years of human history, 10,000 years of cultural history, and more than 5,000 years of civilization history, General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly elaborated that "Chinese civilization has outstanding inclusiveness" and emphasized that "openness and inclusiveness have always been the source of vitality for the development of civilization, and are also the distinctive marks of cultural self-confidence". Looking at the world from China, he proposed that "the exchanges and mutual understanding of civilizations is an important driving force for the progress of human civilization and the peaceful development of the world", emphasized that "we should insist on promoting the concept of civilization of equality, mutual learning, dialogue and inclusiveness", and called on "all countries should promote the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom for all mankind." ...... A series of important statements by General Secretary Xi Jinping have revealed the basic laws of the development of human civilization and embodied a profound sense of responsibility. Only by taking a more proactive approach to learning from the outstanding achievements of human civilization can we use the "sum of human knowledge" to provide rich nutrients for building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, and make our due contribution to solving the common problems of humankind and promoting the building of a community of human destiny.

Civilizations are enriched by exchanges, and civilizations are enriched by mutual understanding. In order to promote the development of human society and jointly build a community of human destiny, it is necessary to gain an in-depth understanding of the long origins and rich contents of various civilizations, so that the essence of all civilizations can be used for the benefit of the world and humankind. Taking the "Belt and Road" initiative as an example, we have set up alliances of Silk Road international theaters, art festivals, libraries, art museums, news media and tourist cities, as well as platforms such as the "Belt and Road" Economic Information Network, the National Publishing Cooperative, and the International Think Tank Cooperation Committee. Over the past 10 years, cooperation in education, science and technology, culture, health, sports, media, tourism and other fields has been widely carried out, and the Belt and Road has become an avenue of civilization exchange and mutual understanding. This shows that only through civilizational exchanges that transcend the barriers between civilizations, mutual understanding that transcends the clash of civilizations, and coexistence that transcends the superiority of civilizations, can we seek common ground while accommodating differences, and seek common ground while respecting differences.