Enhancing cultural confidence is necessary to make greater strides in building China's cultural strength, according to participants of the Forum on Building up China's Cultural Strength 2024.
The second Forum on Building up China's Cultural Strength opened in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Thursday, hosted by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.
To build a culturally strong China, it is necessary to enhance cultural confidence and establish cultural aspirations, officials and experts said at a forum on Thursday.
A local official in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region said on Thursday that the total foreign trade volume of the region reached 10 billion yuan ($138.08 million) in 2023, marking a historic breakthrough.
As a team leader in the production department of a Tibetan medicine company, Bu Tsamjo was awarded the May Day national labor medal this year, and she has witnessed and participated in the modernization of Tibetan medicine production over the past years.
Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region has pledged to further leverage its unique advantages to promote high-quality development, according to a press conference held Thursday by the State Council Information Office in Beijing.
In recent years, locals in the Xizang autonomous region have begun changing their morning routine from visiting a teahouse for sweet tea or butter tea to grabbing a cup of coffee.