Launch of Chinese version of Global Report “Re|shaping Cultural Policies” at Taihu World Culture Forum - 8 June 2016
On 8 June 2016, the Chinese edition of the Global Report “Re|Shaping Cultural Policies. A decade promoting the Diversity of Cultural Expression for Development", was officially launched at the Fourth Annual Conference of World Cultural Forum (Taihu, China, 7-9 June 2016) in Macao.
The translation in Chinese language was made possible thanks to the support of the Social Sciences Academic Press, the Taihu World Cultural Forum and the Nam Kwong Culture and Creativity Industry Co.
This landmark Global Report is UNESCO’s first report tracking the implementation of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, now ratified by 143 Parties, including the European Union. China ratified the Convention in 2002 and submitted its first periodic report on the implementation of the Convention in 2013. The next report is due in 2016.
The Launch and presentation of the Report took place in the context of a panel discussion entitled “Cultural Diversity in China: China and the World”. Key note speech was made by Zhaozhu Yan, Chairman of the World Cultural Forum (Taihu, China), and former Director General, Cultural Studies Bureau, Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee.
“I believe strongly in the importance of given access to diversified cultural offers. This is key to promoting dynamic creative sectors. The Chinese version of the Global Report will help us in this endeavor. It is a key tool to sustain a closer relationship with UNESCO and raise awareness about the 2005 Convention in China and globally”, said Mr Yan.
The debates, moderated by Yuan Feng, Deputy Curator of Central Research Institute of Culture and History, included presentations by David Throsby, Chairman of the Association for Cultural Economics International, member of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and author of the chapter on “Culture in sustainable development” in the Global Report; as well as by Yeshi Lhamo, Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnic Literature (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences).
Eunice Smith, Programme Specialist from the UNESCO Office in Beijing, presented the main findings of the Report.
The Report was produced with the financial support of the Swedish Government, through the Swedish Development Agency for International Cooperation (Sida), within the framework of the project “Enhancing Fundamental Freedoms through the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions ».
Read here the Chinese version of the full Report.