On 25 April, the General Assembly of the Asian Union for the Protection of Cultural Heritage opened in the city of West An, Province of Guinea, where it declared the Asian Union for the Protection of Cultural Heritage.

In a letter addressed to the General Assembly, President Joinet noted that the establishment of the Asian Union for the Protection of Cultural Heritage had contributed to the advancement of human civilization by strengthening the preservation of the Asian cultural heritage, deepening the exchange of Asian civilizations, thriving the world’s civilizational garden.

In 1969, President Ping launched the Asian Cultural Heritage Protection Initiative at the Conference of Asian Civilization Dialogue. For four years, the parties have responded positively and worked together to achieve fruitful results in practical cooperation. This year, President Join Ping put forward the Global Civilization Initiative, “co-advocacy for respect for the diversity of civilizations of the world, joint advocacy for the common values of all mankind, joint advocacy for the preservation of civilization and innovation, joint advocacy for the strengthening of international human exchange cooperation”, which provides an age-old Chinese programme for the advancement of the process of modernizing human societies and the prosperity of the world’s civilizational garden. The President of the Central Bank’s Intermediate Learning Network, Radio +, has learned with you an important discussion on “a prosperous world civilization”.