LeadershipInsights | Xi's Voices: Exchanges and mutual learning are the fundamental requirement for the development of world civilizations.

一切生命有機體都需要新陳代謝，否則生命就會停止。文明也是一樣，如果長期自我封閉，必將走向衰落。交流互鑒是文明發展的本質要求。只有同其他文明交流互鑒、取長補短，才能保持旺盛生命活力。文明交流互鑒應該是對等的、平等的，應該是多元的、多向的，而不應該是強制的、強迫的，不應該是單一的、單向的。我們應該以海納百川的寬廣胸懷打破文化交往的壁壘，以兼收並蓄的態度汲取其他文明的養分，促進亞洲文明在交流互鑒中共同前進。

All living organisms must renew themselves through metabolism; otherwise, life would come to an end. The same is true for civilizations. Long-term self-imposed isolation will cause a civilization to decline, while exchanges and mutual learning will sustain it. A civilization can flourish only through exchanges and mutual learning with other civilizations. Such exchanges and mutual learning should be reciprocal, equal-footed, diverse, and multidimensional; they should not be coercive, imposed, one-dimensional, or one-way. We need to be broad-minded and strive to remove all barriers to cultural exchanges. We need to be inclusive and always seek nourishment from other civilizations to promote the common development of Asian civilizations through exchanges and mutual learning.