Annual meeting of Global Youth Dialogue held virtually

A view of the Forbidden City, or the Palace Museum, from Jingshan Park, which is north of the structure, in Beijing on Sept 10, 2020. Under the theme of World Heritage and Youth Creativity, experts, scholars, and young people from China, Germany, Hungary, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the UK, and other countries discussed through an online video conference the power of young people in world heritage protection. Wen Jun, deputy Party secretary of UIBE, said in her speech that young people are the inheritors of the cause of world heritage protection and that they act as a bridge for exchanges and cooperation between China and other nations while also assuming important missions in promoting dialogue among civilizations. On behalf of the hosts of the World Heritage and Youth Creativity VLOG contest, Chen Jie, director of external cooperation for UNESCO's International Center for Creativity and Sustainable Development, or ICCSD, noted that young people are a group of great concern to UNESCO, and that ICCSD has always been interested in supporting the capacity building of young people around the world. Experts, scholars, and young people from China, Germany, Hungary, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the UK, and other countries discussed through an online video conference the power of young people in world heritage protection.