On September 1, H.E. Amb. Jiang Feng, Head of the Mission of the People's Republic of China to the African Union, attended the opening ceremony of the China-Africa Youth Dialogue on Mutual Learning among Civilizations, co-hosted by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation of China’s Ministry of Education, the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the African Union, and the African Union Commission. About 300 guests were present, including officials from African governments and international organizations, diplomatic envoys to China, university presidents from China and Africa, and Chinese and African youth representatives.

Amb. Jiang noted that the Global Civilization Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping has received widespread recognition and positive responses from the international community, providing important guidance for promoting equal dialogue and exchanges, mutual learning and understanding among different civilizations, and advancing common development. He expressed the hope that young people from China and Africa will be guided by the Global Civilization Initiative, build stronger bonds through educational cooperation, and draw strength from exchanges and mutual learning, so as to become active inheritors of China-Africa friendship, practitioners of mutual learning among civilizations, and builders of a China-Africa community with a shared future.

H.E. Prof. Gaspard Banyankimbona, Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation of African Union Commission, delivered a video speech. At the dialogue, the “Report on the Development Trends of African Young Sinologists” was released, and the “Association of Young Sinologists in Africa” was inaugurated.