The 4th International Symposium on "Marxism and Socialism in the 21st Century" was held in Wuhan University

From November 16 to 17, the 4th International Symposium on "Marxism and Socialism in the 21st Century" was held at Wuhan University. The theme of symposium is "Marxism and the Road of China". More than 200 experts and scholars from Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, Spain, Vietnam, Greece, Belgium, Italy, Pakistan and other countries and regions gathered together to discuss Marxism Classic works and their thoughts, historical experience of socialist construction with Chinese characteristics, characteristics and trends of the development of contemporary socialist movement, and the prospects and destiny of Marxism and socialism.

Han Jin, Secretary of the Wuhan University Party Committee, and Li Shenming, former vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered speeches on behalf of the organizers. Han Jin pointed out that Wuhan University is the earliest important frontrunner for studying and disseminating Marxism in China. The discipline construction of Marxist theory has a long history and profound foundation. I hope that the seminar will help to study the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee and summarize the development experience of 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, so that we can better tell the story of China and spread the voice of China.

Li Shenming said that in the contemporary world, Marxism and the socialist movement have increasingly demonstrated their strong vitality, which deserves further study and reference. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Wuhan University are very important place for China to study Marxism and world socialism. It is hoped that through the joint efforts of the participants, we will inject new strengths and make new contributions to the study of Marxism in our country and the world, and propose new insights.

The conference is divided into keynote speeches, sub-forum discussions, sub-forums summary and so on.

Prof. She Shuanghao, Dean of the School of Marxism at Wuhan University, summarized the meeting. He believes that this seminar reflects the theoretical vision, realistic concerns and academic interests of the world's Marxist scholars, and promotes the exchange of various viewpoints.