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Organizing Committee, together with guests from The Korea Foundation for
Advanced Studies.
The meeting reviewed Beijing Forum 2008 held last year, and made the necessary
plans for the upcoming Beijing Forum 2009 this November, discussed strategies of
the forum for its future development, and finalized the theme of Beijing Forum 2009-
―The Harmony of Civilizations and Prosperity for All --- Looking beyond the Crisis for
a Harmonious Future.‖
President Zhou Qifeng, in his address, highly evaluated the achievements of Beijing
Forum over the past five years. He said, ―Beijing Forum, having been held for five
times so far, has had great impact on humanities and social sciences, won extensive
attention around the world, and attained plentiful fruits in probing into the topic of how
to achieve the harmony and common prosperity of human civilizations.‖ President
Zhou expressed his firm confidence in a bright future of Beijing Forum, believing that,
under the joint efforts of The Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies and Peking
University, the forum will grow better and into a banner of ―harmony‖, a platform for
intercultural dialogues and an academic brand name of the world. Besides, President
Zhou highly praised the significance of the forum given the current economic crisis.
He was convinced that, those scholars and experts, gathering in Beijing Forum from
around the world with their longing for harmony and prosperity, will surely bring
wisdom and courage to combat the crisis, as well as hope and confidence to realize
common prosperity.
President Jae-youl Kim fully recognized the efforts and attainments of Beijing Forum
and also provided his suggestions on its further development. He said, Beijing Forum
has laid solid groundwork for building itself into a high-profile academic forum in the
world through five years‘ endeavor, while in order to develop it into one of the most
important cultural forums in the future, more abundant resources, more
internationalized organizing work, more robust and professional team are needed,
for which a new five-year plan is to be formulated.
Furthermore, Executive Vice-Chairman Wu Zhipan, Vice-President Zhang Guoyou
and Vice-Chairman Chi Huisheng advanced a host of constructive proposals with
regard to the preparation work of Beijing Forum 2009 as well as the long-term
development of the forum.
Assistant President Li Yansong presided over the meeting, and Secretary-General
Yan Jun made an all-around working report on the progress of Beijing Forum 2008.
In the meanwhile, he also raised some issues with respect to the preparation work of
Beijing Forum 2009.
The Fifth Beijing Forum --- Beijing Forum 2008 was held on Nov. 7-9, 2008 in
Beijing, pooling 314 noted scholars and experts from around the world who had
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