On October 23, the press conference of the 11th World Mazu Cultural Forum was held at the People’s Daily New Media Building.It is reported that the main venue of the 11th World Mazu Cultural Forum is located on Meizhou Island, Putian City, and the event will be held from October 31 to November 2.The forum has also set up 13 domestic and overseas sub-venues in the five continents of the world and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and has set up offline sub-forums overseas for the first time - Mazu Culture Brazilian Communication and China-Brazil Cultural Integration Forum, which will be held simultaneously in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Jiang Erxiong, Vice Governor of the People's Government of Fujian Province, introduced the main situation and preparation progress of the 11th World Mazu Cultural Forum at a press conference.Putian Municipal Party Committee Secretary Fu Chaoyang, Director of the International Cooperation Department of the China Meteorological Administration Zhang Xingying, Deputy Director of the Department of Marine Strategic Planning and Economics of the Ministry of Natural Resources Chen Zheng, Deputy Director of the Research Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Zhou Dan attended the press conference and answered reporters' questions.

Jiang Erxiong pointed out that Mazu culture is an important part of China’s excellent traditional culture.This forum also has 13 branch venues in five continents and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, with wider coverage and more prominent internationalization. It is not only an international cultural event that promotes exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, but also a vivid practice that promotes cross-strait integration and development.We warmly welcome friends from the media and guests at home and abroad to come to Qingxin Fujian and gather in Putian Meizhou to participate in the grand event, share the love, and participate in this cultural appointment of "safety and peace in the world".

The World Mazu Cultural Forum is a comprehensive cultural forum across countries (regions) and was approved to be held in 2016.The 11th World Mazu Cultural Forum is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region and the People's Government of Fujian Province. It closely follows the permanent general theme of "Great Love and Peace·Mutual Learning among Civilizations" and determines the annual theme as "Safety in the Four Seas·Against the Future""Come", the 28th Meizhou Mazu Cultural Tourism Festival will be held at the same time, as well as 10 sub-forums, covering cutting-edge topics such as Fujian and Taiwan cultural tourism, youth exchanges, love for peace, marine economy, island green electricity, rural revitalization, mangrove ecology, humanitarianism, women's exchanges, and cultural integration between China and Pakistan.