Eastern Forum. I

Author: Editor-in-Chief of the Dongfang Forum Office
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The Dongfang Forum selects over 130 lecture venues; a team of more than 600 specially appointed experts; more than 2,000 various lectures; and has attracted over 800,000 attendees. We clarify the difficulties of knowledge, interpret social changes, and answer doubts in people's hearts. A landmark project for learning cities and a public welfare platform for social education. The most impactful cultural brand, the most focused urban topics, the most valuable cultural investment. The Dongfang Forum is jointly organized by the Propaganda Department of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Shanghai Association of Social Sciences. Its founding purpose is to vigorously promote the implementation of the overall strategy of revitalizing the city through science and education, adapt to the needs of building learning cities and promoting the all-round development of people, enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the general public, stay close to reality, life, and the masses, and build a main venue for publicity and ideological work that serves the grassroots and the public. The content of the Dongfang Forum mainly includes ten categories: international situation, national conditions, and municipal conditions; current affairs, policies, and social hot topics; personal development and moral growth; education and management; history and culture; economy and finance; legal knowledge; art appreciation; national defense knowledge; health and wellness. The Dongfang Forum gathers experts and scholars active in various disciplines of social sciences, forming a high-quality team of lecturers. The lecture venues of the Dongfang Forum are spread across all districts and counties in the city, receiving widespread praise from all sectors of society. The founding philosophy of the Dongfang Forum is "people-oriented, serving the masses, spreading knowledge, and enhancing civilization." Through operational mechanisms such as serializing lectures, branding the image, networking management, menu-style lecture selection, socializing audience organization, contractual lecturer selection, sustainable project expansion, strong promotion and publicity, and diversified funding sources, it strives to shape a new brand for ideological and cultural construction. To further expand the social influence of high-quality lecture resources, the Dongfang Forum Office began compiling and publishing The Dongfang Forum in 2005. The 24 lecture manuscripts included in Volume 1 of The Dongfang Forum were selected from the first 1,000+ lectures and are now compiled into a book for readers to enjoy.