China News Service, Qufu, Shandong, September 29 (Reporters Shi Yu, Li Xin, Zhao Xiao) "The Confucian principle of 'loyalty and forgiveness' is a 'golden rule' universally recognized by all civilizations. At a time when global geopolitical conflicts and risks are increasing, it should be reawakened and elevated from a principle for dealing with interpersonal relationships to a value criterion for resolving national conflicts." On September 29, Niu Xiping, vice president of the International Confucian Federation and a distinguished researcher at the Confucius Institute, said in Qufu, Shandong.
Niu Xiping suggested that the political and academic circles should work together to first promote the principle of "loyalty and forgiveness" as a moral code at the level of personal cultivation, then transform it into social communication skills, and then upgrade it to international communication norms, and finally promote the transformation and implementation at the global governance level.
A high-end interview with the theme of "Exchanges and Mutual Learning among Civilizations and New Forms of Human Civilization" was held at the foot of Mount Ni. Photo by Zhao Xiao
On the same day, a high-end interview with the theme of "Exchanges and Mutual Learning among Civilizations and New Forms of Human Civilization" was held during the 2026 Nishan World Civilization Forum. Experts from many countries had an on-site dialogue to discuss the intrinsic connections and practical paths between mutual learning among civilizations and the construction of a new form of human civilization.
During the interview, Eduardo Daniel Oviedo, chief researcher of Argentina’s National Council for Scientific and Technological Research, proposed that civilization is not a unit of political behavior in international relations, but a macro unit at the cultural level. Although it does not directly participate in international games, it can influence the political system, especially the international order. "We must examine international relations through the perspective of civilization, and value and understand the value and significance of civilization in the construction of international order."
Niu Xinchun, executive director of the China Institute of Arab Studies at Ningxia University, is concerned about the role of civilizational exchanges in building international consensus. He said that in the context of globalization, the urgency of exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations has increased significantly, and new issues represented by artificial intelligence call for global collaborative governance. The past passive and spontaneous civilized interactions should be turned into proactive dialogue practices. "The more complete exchanges among civilizations, the more consensus the international community will reach. Only by forming an international consensus can international law be born and a new international order be built."
Based on the above-mentioned experts’ focus on exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, Edmund Mukala, UNESCO representative in Ghana, expounded on the contemporary value of inheriting and developing local civilization from the perspective of civilization-nourishing education.
"I once studied in China, and the Chinese classmates around me have a strong sense of national pride and cultural confidence. This is due to the fact that they have always used their own national language to understand the local history." Mukala advocates that African countries use their native mother tongue as the first language of teaching, guide the people to appreciate and inherit local culture, let the education system be deeply rooted in their own civilized soil, and build a solid foundation for national development and international exchanges through civilization and self-reliance.
