Guests attend 2023 Beijing Culture Forum

Francisco Goncalves, vice mayor of Oeiras, Portugal, delivers a speech at the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 14, 2023. The 2023 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Writer Wang Meng delivers a speech at the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 14, 2023. The 2023 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Christos Dimas, government representative and deputy minister of culture of Greece, delivers a speech at the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 14, 2023. The 2023 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Nevien EI Kilany, the Egyptian minister of culture, delivers a speech at the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 14, 2023. The 2023 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Feng Yuanzheng (1st L), president of the Beijing People's Art Theater, attends the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 14, 2023. The 2023 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Guests attend the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 14, 2023. The 2023 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Guests attend the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 14, 2023. The 2023 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Sanon Wangsrangboon, deputy governor of Bangkok, Thailand, delivers a speech at the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 14, 2023. The 2023 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Artist Zhang Yimou delivers a speech at the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 14, 2023. The 2023 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Guests attend the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 14, 2023. The 2023 Beijing Culture Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)