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Harmony culture is the essence of traditional Chinese culture, which emphasizes "harmony without uniformity" and "harmony among all nations."
China News Service, Taizhou, Zhejiang, October 27 (Zhou Jian) The 2026 Hehe Cultural Forum opened on the 27th in Tiantai County, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province. More than 220 political and academic representatives from 23 countries and regions around the world attended the meeting, using "harmony" as a medium to build global consensus and gather global wisdom.
Harmony culture is one of the essences of China's excellent traditional culture, advocating "harmony without diversity" and "harmony among all nations". In today's world, geopolitical conflicts and civilizational barriers are intertwined. The philosophical concepts contained in Hehe Culture have contributed Chinese wisdom to escape the zero-sum game and advocate win-win cooperation.
Chang Bo, Director of China International Publishing Group, said in his speech that we should carry forward the development path of "harmony and win-win cooperation" to enhance the momentum of global development; carry forward the way of getting along with "peace is the most important and harmonize all nations" to jointly maintain world security; carry forward the integration of "harmony and symbiosis, and share the beauty and beauty" to promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations; carry forward the governance of "the world is for the common good and harmony without diversity" to jointly respond to the crises and challenges facing mankind.
Khairiddin Usmonzoda, director of the Tajik Presidential Strategic Research Center, pointed out in his speech that at a time when the international situation is undergoing profound changes, cultural diversity is the source of enhancing understanding, promoting progress, and promoting cooperation. Tajikistan looks forward to working with China to rely on the communication platform of the Hehe Cultural Forum to deepen mutual trust through civilized dialogue and build consensus through the wisdom of Hehe.
Robert Walker, an academician of the British Academy of Social Sciences and a professor at Beijing Normal University, said that harmonious wisdom is the ideological cornerstone of the two policy goals of ecological civilization and common prosperity. "Unity of man and nature" echoes sustainable development and is committed to ecological improvement; "harmony without difference" is based on peaceful coexistence, pursues win-win cooperation, and provides a source of ideas for solving today's global governance problems.
The opening ceremony also held ceremonial activities such as the research results display of "Hehe Culture and the Spiritual Identity of Chinese Civilization", the global collection of works for the "Hehe Culture and Symbiosis Using Numbers as Media" Hehe Culture Digital Art Competition, the release of global Hehe Culture practice cases, the signing of the Hehe Culture Technology Industry Fund, and the exhibition of Hehe Culture's international communication brand activities.

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