Apr.23rd to 25th, Chengdu-High-end Forum on “Resources of Excellent Traditional Thoughts of Chinese Ethnic Minorities and Consciousness of Forming Chinese National Community” was grandly held, which attracted over 90 experts and authorities to gather together from about 20 universities.
Vice-president of Party Committee of Southwest University for Nationalities indicated that the conference would contribute outstanding wisdom and fruitful results for giving full play to the characteristics and advantages of Southwest University for Nationalities, further exploring the resources of the excellent traditional thoughts of China’s ethnic minorities and promoting the academic research and wide dissemination of traditional Chinese culture, and improving the quality of philosophy doctoral training.
Li Wei, vice-president of the 6th International Federation of Confucianism congratulated Southwest University for Nationalities on the achievements it has made in the construction of philosophy discipline, and hoped that it could further strengthen its characteristics and deepen the construction of discipline connotation. Tong Defu, the consultant of the Chinese Society for the History of Minority Philosophy and Social Thought, and Shu Dagang, dean of the Institute of International Confucianism, Sichuan University made speeches respectively.
General Theory of Chinese Minority Confucianism, one of the Major National Social Science Foundation projects proposal meeting is held afternoon.
The successful convening of the forum fully demonstrates the academic characteristics, theoretical orientation and ideological value orientation of the philosophy research of Southwest University for Nationalities, and marks the support and affirming of high-level experts and scholars from all over the country to the excellent traditional ideological resources of Chinese ethnic minorities, the strengthening of the consciousness of Chinese national community and the cultivation of high-level philosophical talents. It is helpful to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of the traditional cultural thoughts of all nationalities, and improve the quality of cultivating high-level talents in philosophy research, according to the participants.
Translated by Lena.