Forum consensus: Building a shared future crucial

The consensus of the fifth annual conference of the Taihu World Cultural Forum, with the theme "Dialogues of Cultures: Building a Community of Shared Future for Mankind", was released on Friday in Beijing.

Zheng Chuanxin, secretary-general of the forum, read the consensus, which was reached with communication and discussions in an equal and in-depth manner about this year's conference theme, at the closing ceremony of the conference.

The consensus says that building a community of shared future for mankind and an open, inclusive, clean and beautiful world that enjoys lasting peace, universal security and common prosperity is in the fundamental and common interest of peoples of all countries in the world.