On the morning of July 9, the opening ceremony of the 11th NishanForumonWorld Civilizationswas held in Qufu, Shandong. More than 560 guests from over 70 countries across five continents attended the event.

This year's forum, themed "Beauty in Diversity: Nurturing Understanding Among Civilizations for Global Modernization", will conduct dialogues around six aspects: the origin and future development of civilizations, the global significance and contemporary value of Confucian culture, facilitating others' success in the process of global modernization, the significance of families and social development from a civilizational perspective, the development of artificial intelligence and the trend of human civilization, and Qilu culture and world civilizations.