Home - Beijing Forum Chinese Contact us Log in Home About Us Introduction History Declaration Consensus Organizing Bodies Theme Overview Previous Annual Meetings Beijing Forum Global Participants Distinguished Speakers Eminent Scholars Explore The Boya Asteroid Publications Academic Bulletin Media News Supporting Organizations Subscribe to the Newsletter Contact us A Brief Overview of the Beijing Forum The Beijing Forum, an international academic event, is sponsored by the People's Government of Beijing Municipality and is overseen by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. The Beijing Forum is co-sponsored by Peking University, Beijing Municipal Education Commission, and the Chey Institute for Advanced Studies. The theme chosen for the first Beijing Forum, “The Harmony of Civilizations and Prosperity for All,” has been retained as the overarching theme for each succeeding forum, which is a testament to the event's unwavering advocacy of harmony and prosperity for all members of the global community. The forum believes that the convergence of different civilizations in a peaceful environment has always been the fundamental driving force and guarantee for the progress of human society. The Beijing Forum prides itself on being international, academic, and impactful. It has been held annually since 2004. To date, more than 7,000 distinguished dignitaries and scholars from around the world have convened in Beijing for the Forum, demonstrating its importance and significance. 1 Meetings 1 + Participants 1 + Panels 1 + Countries/Regions Forum News SEE ALL State Making and Remaking - Beijing Forum Global held at Cambridge Apr 30,2026 Civilizational Coexistence in the Age of Digital Intelligence —— The Beijing Forum (2025) opened at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Nov 07,2025 The Era of Innovation and Advancement of Mankind –Beijing Forum 2024 opens Nov 04,2024 Inheritance and Mutual Learning –Beijing Forum 2023 opens Nov 04,2023 Past Themes SEE ALL The Harmony of Civilizations and Prosperity for All: Annual Topics BEIJING FORUM 2025 Theme Civilizational Coexistence in the Age of Digital Intelligence BEIJING FORUM 2024 Theme The Era of Innovation and Advancement of Mankind BEIJING FORUM 2023 Theme Inheritance and Mutual Learning BEIJING FORUM 2022 Theme Creating a Future for Human Civilization: Trust, Dialogue and Cooperation BEIJING FORUM 2021 Theme Rising to Meet New Challenges: One World, One Future BEIJING FORUM 2020 Theme Globalization Under the Impact of the Pandemic: New Challenges and Opportunities BEIJING FORUM 2019 Theme The Changing World and the Future of Humankind BEIJING FORUM 2018 Theme Changes and Constants: Universities and Civilizations during the Past 120 Years BEIJING FORUM 2017 Theme Values and Order in a Changing World BEIJING FORUM 2016 Theme Mutual Trust, Cooperation, Sharing BEIJING FORUM 2015 Theme Different Paths with Common Responsibilities BEIJING FORUM 2014 Theme China and the World: Tradition, Reality and Future BEIJING FORUM 2013 Theme Retrospect and Prospect BEIJING FORUM 2012 Theme Challenges and Opportunities: New Thinking in New Reality BEIJING FORUM 2011 Theme Tradition and Modernity, Transition and Transformation BEIJING FORUM 2010 Theme Commitments and Responsibilities for a Better World BEIJING FORUM 2009 Theme Looking Beyond the Crisis to a Harmonious Future BEIJING FORUM 2008 Theme The Universal Value and the Development Trend of Civilization BEIJING FORUM 2007 Theme Diversity in the Development of Human Civilization BEIJING FORUM 2006 Theme Reflection on the Civilization Modes of Humankind BEIJING FORUM 2005 Theme Asia’s Opportunities and Development in Globalization BEIJING FORUM 2004 Theme The Harmony of Civilizations and Prosperity for All 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 PARTICIPANTS AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS EMINENT SCHOLARS SEE ALL António Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations Irina Bokova Former Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Chen Jining Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee; Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee George H. W. Bush Former President of the United States Tony Blair Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Han Qide Vice Chairperson of the 12th CPPCC National Committee Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Wang Guangqian Vice Chairperson of the 14th CPPCC National Committee; Executive Vice-Chairperson of the CDL Central Committee Kofi A. Annan Former Secretary-General of the United Nations Liu Yandong Former Vice Premier, China Ban Ki-moon Former Secretary-General of the United Nations Sun Chunlan President of International Confucian Association; Former Vice Premier, China Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Princess of Thailand Yang Jiechi Former Director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Foreign Affairs, China Romano Prodi Former Prime Minister of Italy; Former President of the European Commission Huai Jinpeng Minister of Education, China Jean-Pierre Raffarin Former Prime Minister of France Yukio Hatoyama Former Prime Minister of Japan Qian Qichen Former Vice Premier, China Dominique de Villepin Former Prime Minister of France Fukuda Yasuo Former Prime Minister of Japan Xu Jialu Vice Chairman of the 9th and 10th Standing Committee of the NPC A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Former President of India Esko Aho Former Prime Minister of Finland Yan Junqi Vice Chairman of the 11th and 12th Standing Committee of NPC Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Former President of Chile Ernesto Zedillo Former President of Mexico Jiang Shusheng Vice Chairman of the 11th Standing Committee of NPC Mamnoon Hussain Former President of Pakistan Enrico Letta Former Prime Minister of Italy Wang Jiarui Vice Chairperson of the 12th CPPCC National Committee Kevin Michael Rudd Former Prime Minister of Australia, Ambassador of Australia to the United States Wang Chengwen Chief Commissioner of Supervision; Member of CPC Leading Group of Ministry of Education, China Essam Sharaf Former Prime Minister of Egypt Yin Yong Deputy Secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, Mayor of Beijing Shaukat Aziz Former Prime Minister of Pakistan You Jun Deputy Secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee Klaus Schwab Founder of the World Economic Forum Yu Yingjie Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, Secretary of the Educational Work Committee of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee Han Seung-soo Former Prime Minister of Republic of Korea Li Zhaoxing Former Foreign Minister, China Pascal Lamy Former Director-General, World Trade Organization Cho Hyun Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea Rashid Alimov Former Secretary-General of Shanghai Coorperation Organization, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tajikistan Hoang Minh Son Acting Minister of Education and Training, Vietnam Chen Baosheng Former Minister of Education, China George Yong-Boon Yeo Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Singapore Vice Chairman, Kuok Group Nabil Fahmy Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Egypt Xu Qingsen Member of the CPC Leading Group of the Ministry of Education, Vice Minister of Education Park Jin Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea; Member of the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 21st National Assembly, Republic of Korea Nassir Abdulaziz AL Nasser Former President of the United Nations General Assembly Li Yi Duputy Secretary of the Educational Work Committee of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, Director General of Beijing Municipal Education Commission Sha Zukang Former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Qiu Yuanping Deputy director of the 13th Committee for Liaison with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese Vladimir Yakunin Founding President of the World Public Forum ‘Dialogue of Civilizations’ Getachew Engida Former Deputy Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Richard Kevan Gosper Former Vice President of the International Olympic Committee SEE ALL James Alexander Mirrlees Nobel Memorial Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences, 1996 Justin Lin Yifu Dean, Institute of New Structural Economics, Peking University; Former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank Gérard Albert Mourou Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2018; Chair Professor, Peking University; Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences He Guangcai Party secretary, the CPC Committee of Peking University; Chair, Peking University Council Amartya Kumar Sen Nobel Memorial Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences, 1998 Hao Ping Member of the 14th National People’s Congress Standing Committee, Executive Vice-President of the International Confucian Association Mohan Munasinghe Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 2007; Former Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Gong Qihuang President, Peking University; Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences Roger Bruce Myerson Nobel Memorial Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences, 2007 Qian Chengdan Boya Chair Professor, Peking University; Former Dean, Institute of Area Studies, Peking University Kenneth Joseph Arrow Nobel Memorial Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences, 1972 Michael Levitt Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2013; Professor, Stanford University Li Yining Former Dean and Professor, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University Douglass Cecil North Nobel Memorial Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences, 1993 Robert E. Lucas Nobel Memorial Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences, 1995 Joseph Eugene Stiglitz Nobel Memorial Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences, 2001 Deng Xiaonan Professor, Department of History, Peking University Paul Alivisatos President, University of Chicago Ping Xinqiao Professor, School of Economics, Peking University Tan Eng Chye President, National University of Singapore Qin Dashu Professor, School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University Michael Spence President and Provost, University College London Wang Jisi Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University Yeom Jaeho President, Taejae University Ning Qi Vice Chair, Peking University Council; Vice President, Peking University Peter Høj Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Adelaide Aiji Tanaka President, Waseda University Fang Fang Vice President and Boya Distinguished Professor, Peking University Jim McDonald Former Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Strathclyde; Former President, UK Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng); Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences Jiang Guohua Deputy Party Secretary, CPC Committee of Peking University; Vice Chair, Peking University Council; Provost, Peking University Roger T. Ames Vice-Council Chair, International Confucian Association; Humanities Chair Professor, Peking University Qiao Jie Vice Chair, Peking University Council; Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering Yan Nieng Founding President, Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation; Director, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory; University Professor, Tsinghua University; Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences Tiziana Lippiello Rector, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Wang Bo Vice Chair, Peking University Council Chey Tae-won Chairman, SK Group Zhu Songchun Chair Professor, Peking University; Dean, School of Intelligence Science and Technology, Peking University; Dean, Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Peking University Kim Yoosuk President, Chey Institute for Advanced Studies Andrei Karol President, Belarusian State University Cheng Lesong Boya Distinguished Professor, Peking University; Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Peking University Lee C. Bollinger President Emeritus and Seth Low Professor, Columbia University Avram Noam Chomsky Professor, MIT; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Member of the National Academy of Sciences of America Teruo Fujii …