"China'sApproachtoPeople-to-PeopleConnectivity"LaunchedinBeijing_GuangmingOnlineThenewbooklaunchwasheldinBeijing,March19,2024.ExpertsandscholarsfromrenownedinstitutionsincludingRenminUniversityofChina,CharharInstitute,ChineseAcademyofSocialSciences,ChinaInstituteofInternationalStudies,TsinghuaUniversity,PekingUniversity,ChinaForeignAffairsUniversity,ForeignLanguagesPressandChina-EUAssociationattendedtheevent.(PhotoprovidedtoGMW.cn)OnMarch19,theSeminarontheCulturalRootsofXiJinpingThoughtonDiplomacyandtheBookLaunchof"China'sApproachtoPeople-to-PeopleConnectivity"wereheldinBeijing.HostedbytheAcademyofXiJinpingThoughtonSocialismwithChineseCharacteristicsforaNewEraofRenminUniversityofChina,theeventbroughttogetheradozenexpertsandscholarsfromrenownedinstitutionstodelveintothetheoriesandviewpointsoutlinedin"China'sApproachtoPeople-to-PeopleConnectivity".ThebookisanothersignificantworkonChina'spublicdiplomacyinthenewera,followingthebook"BeyondPublicDiplomacy:ChineseWisdomonPeople-to-PeopleExchange"."China'sApproachtoPeople-to-PeopleConnectivity"combinestheorywithpractice,analyzespeople-to-peoplebondsindepthfrompoliticalsystem,religion,history,cultureandnationality,etc.,presentingabroadvisionwithrichconnotations.ThebooksortsouttheexchangesbetweenChinaandtheUnitedStates,Germany,India,ASEAN,AfricaandLatinAmericathroughcasestudies,andproposesconstructiveapproachestodeepenpublicdiplomacyinthedigitalage,post-COVIDeraandundertheframeworkoftheBeltandRoadInitiative.AuthorWangYiweielaboratedontheimportanceofpeople-to-peopleconnectivity,emphasizingthesublimationthebookunderscoresfromunderstandingpeopletounderstandinghumanity.Thebookitself,creativelydrawingonclassroomteachingofpoliticalscience,explorestheinter-relationshipbetweenteachingandlearning.ProfessorWanghopesthebookwillsparktheglobalpracticeofpeople-to-peopleexchanges,particularlyintheGlobalSouth,asitwillpushtheNorthtorethinkpublicdiplomacy.(PhotoprovidedtoGMW.cn)Expertsandscholarsinattendancediscussedthetheoriesandviewpointsoutlinedinthebook.ParticipantsapplaudedthebookforitssystematicpresentationofChina’speople-to-peopleexchangestrategiesandexperiences.Thisvaluableresourceofferstheoreticalgroundingandpracticalguidancetopromotemutualunderstandingandcooperationintheinternationalcommunity.Inanincreasinglyglobalizedworld,suchresearchservesnotonlyasaguideforculturalexchange,butalsoshowsapathtowardsbuildingacommunitywithasharedfutureformankind.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.