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Keynote speech by Zoon [Photo via the Publicity Department of the CPC Datong Municipal Committee]
On May 30, 2021, 21 overseas young scholars, video bloggers and young entrepreneurs from 12 countries including Russia, Japan, Pakistan, Colombia, Ukraine, the Netherlands and Nepal, who are working, living and studying in China, entered the ancient city of Datong and the Yungang Grottoes to experience the transformed Datong.
On the same day, the global online cloud conference themed "A World of Universal Harmony·We Are the World" was held in front of the Yungang Grottoes cave complex in Datong. "The famous ancient city of Datong has brought me infinite inspiration," Zoon Ahmed Khan, a young scholar from Pakistan and also a researcher of Center for China & Globalization (CCG) and the One Belt-One Road Strategy Institute of Tsinghua University, said emotionally in her speech.
Zoon shares a photo of herself on the ancient city wall of Datong on an overseas social media platform [Photo via the Publicity Department of the CPC Datong Municipal Committee]
Zoon believes that the series of cooperation activities derived from the Belt and Road Initiative are bringing people around the world closer together. "People should enhance communication and understanding in the field of historical culture and historical heritage, and Datong is a good example."
"Believe me, I have lived in China for almost six years, and China is a country that has been striving to make progress. The achievements and multilateral initiatives that China has launched have had a significant impact on many people, and people in many countries are benefiting from these collaborations. So I hope that these initiatives will continue to be practiced because they will lead people to prosperity and happiness. And I look forward to the future when these initiatives will attract more investment opportunities to a world heritage site like the Yungang Grottoes in Datong!" Zoon said.
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