习近平向2023北京文化论坛致贺信

9月14日，国家主席习近平向2023北京文化论坛致贺信。

习近平指出，中华民族具有悠久的优秀传统文化，自古就有开放包容、兼收并蓄的文化胸怀，中华文明历来赞赏不同文明间的相互理解和尊重。北京历史悠久，文脉绵长，是中华文明连续性、创新性、统一性、包容性、和平性的有力见证。中国将更好发挥北京作为历史古都和全国文化中心的优势，加强同全球各地的文化交流，共同推动文化繁荣发展、文化遗产保护、文明交流互鉴，践行全球文明倡议，为推动构建人类命运共同体注入深厚持久的文化力量。

2023北京文化论坛以“传承优秀文化 促进交流合作”为年度主题，由中宣部和北京市委、北京市人民政府共同主办，当日在北京开幕。

Xi sends congratulatory letter to 2023 Beijing Culture Forum

President Xi Jinping on Thursday sent a congratulatory letter to the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum that opened on the same day in Beijing.

In his letter, Xi highlighted the enduring fine traditional culture of the Chinese nation, which has always embraced openness and inclusiveness, noting that the Chinese civilization has always valued mutual understanding and respect among different civilizations.

"Beijing, with its long history and profound cultural heritage, serves as a powerful testament to the continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness and peaceful nature of the Chinese civilization," he said.

Xi said China will leverage the advantages of Beijing as an ancient capital and a national cultural center to strengthen cultural exchanges with the rest of the world, so as to jointly promote cultural prosperity, heritage preservation and mutual learning between civilizations and implement the Global Civilization Initiative.

Themed "inheriting cultural legacies and promoting exchanges and cooperation," the forum was jointly hosted by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee and the Beijing municipal government.