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Therefore, Duan Xun attached great importance to this Asian Federation Conference and came to the conference in person.

After arriving in Chengdu, Duan Xun talked with Wei Chen's group about the issue of the Chinese Federation, and also met with the leaders of Sichuan Province to inspect the situation in Chengdu.The current development situation in Chengdu is still very good.

As the place where Duan Xun made his fortune, Chengdu is the political, military, and educational center of the Southwest.

Sichuan also received great support from the central government because it was the place where the People's Party was founded and where the People's Party made its fortune.The political level of Sichuan is also very high, and the provincial governors are all alternate members of the Central Committee of the People's Party.

After inspecting Chengdu's industry and some colleges and universities in Chengdu, Duan Xun is quite satisfied.Especially the transportation infrastructure here in Sichuan is relatively poor, but this time I came back and saw that the transportation here is developing very well, which made Duan Xun very satisfied.

On September 1945, 9, the Federation of China Conference was held in Chengdu.

The member states of the Chinese Federation attach great importance to this meeting, and because Duan Xun personally participated, all the heads of state of the member states of the Chinese Federation also participated.In addition to the official members of the Chinese Federation, many other countries have applied to join the Chinese Federation.It can be seen from the name that the Federation of China is very different from the Asian United Organization.

The target of the Asian United Organization is the entire Asian countries, although now the main members of the Asian United Organization are East Asian countries and Southeast Asian countries, as well as a small number of South Asian countries.But the future of the United Asian countries will inevitably include other Asian countries.

At present, China's influence cannot be extended to the Middle East, but Middle Eastern countries may join the Asian Federation in the future.

Now many newly independent South Asian countries, as well as Central Asian countries like Afghanistan, have also begun to submit applications to join the Asian Federation.In the future, the strength and influence of the Asian United Organization will become stronger and stronger, and there may be Middle Eastern countries willing to join.

But the Chinese Federation is different.

The targets are very clear, mainly countries that are influenced by Chinese culture, or countries that are willing to accept Chinese culture.These countries have had many exchanges with China in history and are deeply influenced by China.Therefore, the member states of the Chinese Federation have a very close relationship with China.

If the member states of the Asian United Organization are considered China's allies, then the member states of the Chinese Federation are China's brothers, and closeness and estrangement are completely different.Now that the war is over, the next thing is how to consolidate the regime and restore the economy.These are all inseparable from China's support. The better a country has a relationship with China, the more support it can get.

Therefore, many people are willing to join the Federation of China and strengthen relations with China.

Many countries have applied to join the Chinese Federation.

However, China does not accept all countries, not like it did at the beginning.Therefore, among the countries that applied to join the Federation of China, the Federation of China approved Japan, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia to become observer countries of the Federation of China and attended this meeting of the Federation of China.

Only when the Federation of China approves them to join can they become official members of the Federation of China.In addition to them, some countries have also submitted applications, but they have not even obtained the status of observer countries, so they are not eligible to attend this meeting.

"Since the first Chinese Federation Conference was held in 1942, this is the fourth Chinese Federation Conference. The establishment of the Chinese Federation is also the fourth year."

The meeting was handed over to Yang Guangyu, who will soon be the secretary-general of the Federation of China, to preside over it.

Like the Asian Joint Conference, Duan Xun made opening remarks.

Duan Xun is the head of state of China, so whether it is in the Asian Joint Conference or the Chinese Federation Conference, Duan Xun's opening remarks are the spirit of the meeting.That is to say, implement the basic spirit of the entire meeting.

It is also China that is exporting its own culture and value.

Therefore, unlike the previous opening remarks, Duan Xun's opening remarks are not general, but purposeful, and the content of the opening remarks is also carefully considered.At the Asian Joint Conference, Duan Xun exported China's basic foreign policy.As for the Chinese Federation, what Duan Xun has to do is how to unite these countries more.

So start with culture.

"The establishment of the Chinese Federation is based on the fact that we have a common cultural foundation, that is Chinese culture. What is Chinese culture, it is not Chinese culture, but the culture of all the countries and nations that we are present here.

Not to mention anything else, just talk about our Chinese culture.Our Chinese culture is not a static culture, but a culture that embraces all rivers.Incorporating the culture of the Han nationality in the Central Plains, as well as the culture of many northern grassland peoples, and the culture of the southern mountain peoples, this has formed the current Chinese culture.

The same is true of the cultures of the countries present here.In history, local culture and foreign culture influenced each other to form the current culture.Because the countries in which we are present are geographically adjacent, countries have historically communicated frequently.The result is that countries communicate with each other culturally, influence each other, and in many ways have very similar cultural bases.This is why I said that the member states of the Chinese Federation have a common cultural foundation.On the basis of this common culture, each country and each nation has its own characteristics. These cultures are aggregated and become what I call Chinese culture. "

"However, since modern times, European and American powers have begun colonialism because of the great increase in their strength due to the industrial revolution. Our entire Asia has been deeply affected by colonialism, and no country can be spared. Including our China, starting from the Opium War in 1840 , was bullied by European and American powers, and was invaded by them in all aspects of politics, military, and economy, which made China slide into a semi-colonial situation. Most of our Asian countries have become colonies of European and American powers. The colonization of European and American powers The influx of culture into Asia suppresses our culture, erodes our culture, and keeps our culture depressed for a period of time."

"But we persevered and did not lose ourselves. The world's colonial system has begun to collapse, and our Asian countries and nations have ushered in independence and liberation. What are we going to do next?"

"Peace and development are our goals. But how to achieve peace and development is something we have to consider, and we all need to think about it together. Then I will start today and talk about my views. I think we want peace , To develop, the most important thing is unity. The countries of our Federation of China must unite, and only through unity can we eliminate wars, develop together, and stop being invaded by foreign powers.”

"So how do we unite? There are many ways to unite, but the highest level of unity is that all nations and nations have the same values ​​and the same cultural foundation. We have a consensus among all nations and the same values Only then can we unite more closely and cooperate more closely.”

"So at this meeting, I want to emphasize Chinese culture. Chinese culture is a collection of the cultures of all nationalities in the Federation of China. We should have confidence in our own culture. We can absorb and boldly integrate the advanced parts of Western culture in Europe and the United States. into our culture. But our foundation is our own culture. I hope we can work together to establish a set of our own cultural standards and value standards.”

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Duan Xun's opening remarks set the tone for the entire Chinese Federation Conference.

In fact, it is based on Chinese culture, to strengthen cooperation among the countries of the Chinese Federation, and to unite more closely around China.The main theme of this meeting is peace and development.

Like the Asian United Conference, the Chinese Federation Conference lasted for 24 days because there were many things to discuss.A plenary meeting is held every afternoon, and in the morning and evening, the countries of the Chinese Federation communicate with each other and sign some cooperation agreements with each other.Of course, these cooperations are all based on Chinese notarization.This high-density meeting finally reached a series of agreements.

The first decision at this meeting was to increase the size of the China Federation and continue to improve the organization of the China Federation.

Originally, in addition to the official member countries of the Chinese Federation, there were also observer member countries and observer countries.The observer country is submitting an application to join the Chinese Federation and is an activist.Once the Federal Council of China approves, these countries that apply to join the Chinese Federation can become observer countries.Let them attend some meetings as nonvoting delegates, but they do not have any right to speak or make decisions when deciding on specific topics.

Observer members are like probationary members.After observing for a period of time, the observer country can turn into an observer member, which is the last step before becoming a formal member.Observer members are eligible to speak on some issues and even have a small percentage of voting rights.

Until it becomes a formal member, it has enough power to participate in the discussion and voting of all issues.

At this meeting, it was decided to add a category.That is the partner country.Some countries hope to strengthen their relations with China and the Chinese Federation.But they have very little connection with China in history, and they do not belong to the country of Chinese culture.But now the ties between these countries and the Chinese Federation have become closer, and cooperation in all aspects of politics, economy, and military is required.Therefore, these countries have become partner countries of the Chinese Federation.

For partner countries, the Chinese Federation will give them more preferential conditions during the cooperation.

During the cooperation, if everyone cooperates smoothly, they may even begin to accept the culture of the Chinese Federation.Then these countries can also apply to join the Chinese Federation.There are many countries like this in Asia.

Like some countries in South Asia, countries in Central Asia and West Asia, although they also have historical ties and cooperation with China.But their culture has little to do with Chinese culture, they all have their own cultural system, and it should be said that they are not part of Chinese civilization.But as China's strength in Asia increases, there will definitely be more cooperation between these countries and the Chinese Federation.They are also very willing to strengthen ties with the member states of the Chinese Federation and maintain friendly relations.And so this partner country was born.

These partner countries are not members of the Chinese Federation, so they cannot participate in matters within the Chinese Federation.However, as the partner countries of the Chinese Federation, these countries have priority qualifications to sign cooperation agreements with the Chinese Federation.

The Federation of China meeting approved the applications of Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Brunei. These five countries will become observing members of the Federation of China for one year.

If nothing happens a year later, these five countries will become official members of the Chinese Federation.Another observer country, Japan, as a defeated country in World War II, failed to become an observer member.

This is also because China has scruples about world public opinion.

After all, World War II has just ended, and it has only been more than half a year since Japan surrendered as a defeated country.Let Japan become an official member of the Chinese Federation so quickly, no matter how it is criticized.

In addition to these four countries, the Chinese Federation also approved Indonesia and Ryukyu as observer countries of the Chinese Federation, and approved several new countries such as the Philippines, East Timor, and New Guinea to become partner countries of the Chinese Federation.The soon-to-be-established Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Akali, and Ahong were approved as preparatory partner countries because representatives participated in this meeting.When these countries are formally established, they will be approved to become partner countries of the Chinese Federation.

As a result, the Chinese Federation has greatly expanded in size and rapidly increased in influence.

Of course, in addition to expanding the scale, the Federation of China has improved the organization this time.Because Duan Xun specifically mentioned Chinese culture, so this time there is a lot of cultural cooperation.

The biggest move is the establishment of the China Federation of UNESCO (education, science, culture) organization.

After the establishment of the Chinese Federal UNESCO, there are three key projects.

The first one is about university cooperation projects.

The China Federal University cooperation project is composed of universities from 11 member countries of the Federation of China, 3 observer countries, and 3 partner countries, a total of 17 countries.Of course, not all universities participate in this project.

It is selective cooperation.

In the end, a total of 46 universities were selected, and 24 universities in China joined the university cooperation project this time.In fact, there are 46 universities, many of which are currently very weak.Especially in those universities in newly established countries, many of them were established in the form of preparatory courses during the colonial period.But it is precisely because of this that those universities that can join the cooperative project of Federal University of China are very happy.Because more support can be obtained.

After joining this project, the cooperation among the universities of the member countries of the Federation of China will increase, and the flow of personnel will also increase.This flow of personnel includes the flow of university teachers and university students.This is very happy for countries with poor educational foundation and poor higher education.This university cooperation project is more like China's poverty alleviation for higher education in other countries.

The second is a resolution on the protection of the cultural heritage of the member states of the Chinese Federation.