China-Egypt Civilization Roundtable Dialogue and Premium Book Donation Ceremony Held in Cairo

China News Service, Cairo, October 1 (Reporter Ma Xiuxiu) On the afternoon of September 30, local time, the "China-Egypt Civilization Roundtable Dialogue and Premium Book Donation Ceremony" was held at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. About 70 representatives from the Chinese and Egyptian cultural, academic, and publishing circles attended.

Former Egyptian Prime Minister Issam Sharaf said in his speech that the ancient Silk Road was not only a trade road, but also a road connecting ideas and civilization. Civilizations survive not only by what they build, but also by what they preserve, learn, and pass on from generation to generation. When a book is passed from one civilization to another, it transforms knowledge into conversation. He hopes that this ceremony will be the beginning of a process and encourage young people from both countries to discover each other directly.

Ge Jianxiong, a senior professor at Fudan University and director of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) Library, said that in cultural exchanges, books are the most common and important carrier, and libraries are the most basic channels and bases. He pointed out that the prerequisite for mutual learning among civilizations is comprehensive and accurate mutual understanding, and that we must respect differences while pursuing identity. This has better conditions in the era of artificial intelligence.

At the event, the heads of relevant Chinese departments presented high-quality book catalogs to the Egyptian Publishers Association, the Chinese Department of Ain Shams University, the Linguistics School of Suez Canal University, and the Chinese Department of Al-Azhar University. There are 32 kinds of books and 200 volumes donated this time, covering categories such as archeology, civilization collections, and contemporary culture.

Before the book donation ceremony, a roundtable dialogue with the theme of "Inheritance and Innovation of China-Egypt Civilization Exchange" was held. Chinese and Egyptian guests exchanged views on topics such as book translation, publishing cooperation, history of civilizational exchanges, and youth exchanges.

On the afternoon of September 30, local time, the “China-Egypt Civilization Roundtable Dialogue and Premium Book Donation Ceremony” was held at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt.

Hasenin Fahmy Hussein, director of the Chinese Department of Ain Shams University, said that Egypt and China are both ancient civilizations, and the two civilizations have a long history and complement each other. It is gratifying that more and more Chinese tourists are coming to Egypt.

Jia Xiaobing, director of the World Archeology Research Office of the Institute of Archeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that since 2018, the China-Egypt joint archaeological team has excavated 2,300 square meters in the Karnak Temple area in Luxor, confirming the "Two Sacred Lakes" pattern in the same temple area for the first time, and brought photogrammetry and Chinese abacus to the excavation site. He emphasized that civilized dialogue is a "two-way enrichment" and is not a one-way street where one party exports and the other receives.

This event is hosted by China Book Import and Export (Group) Co., Ltd.