In order to further promote the exchanges and cooperation between Shandong Province and Germany, on the afternoon of June 21, the "Richthofen and Sino-German Cultural Exchange Seminar and Richthofen ‘China’ Translation Project ", co-hosted by the Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department, the Provincial Party Committee Foreign Affairs Office and Qingdao University, was successfully held online and offline.

Cai Xianjin, director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Provincial Party Committee, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He pointed out that Richthofen was an "encyclopedic" figure who played a certain role in the history of Sino-German exchanges, and it would be of great academic value to complete the translation project of "China" with high quality. Besides, it was expected that experts and scholars in the field of Sino-German cultural exchanges would work together to make greater contributions to the promotion of Sino-German exchanges and cooperation and the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind!

Chen Baiwei, Deputy Director of the Editorial Committee and Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Provincial Party Committee, presided over the meeting. Zhong Hua, Deputy Director of the Editorial Committee and first-level inspector of the Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department, Hu Jinyan, Secretary of the Party Committee of Qingdao University, and Jiang Feng, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai International Studies University, attended and delivered speeches. Representatives of the project expert steering committee members from Renmin University of China, Shandong University, Ocean University of China, Shanghai International Studies University, Qingdao Archives and other units attended the meeting and discussed the background, significance and academic value of Richthofen and his "China".

The project power of attorney was issued at the meeting. Relevant persons in charge of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Publishing Group, Qingdao University, Jiaoji Railway Museum and other units and representatives of the translation team participated in the event.