The ceremony also witnessed the unveiling of the CCAS, its logo and development vision.

After the conclusion of the inaugural ceremony, a forum on the discipline development of country and area studies was convened.

Several scholars speak at the forum on the discipline development of country and area studies on April 29.

A group of scholars delivered keynote speeches at the forum. They said that the CCAS, which conducts relevant research with a holistic and inclusive approach, will promote  dialogue, exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese researchers and their foreign counterparts and facilitate mutual understanding between people across the world.

In his closing remarks, Yang said that mankind should adopt equal, opening and inclusive values to advance academic research and exchanges and that the CCAS will strengthen the collaboration between global researchers, promote interdisciplinary development, push academic innovation, accelerate the integrated development between different disciplines, regions and platforms, find solutions to the issues of global development, and contribute to the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Attending scholars at the inaugural ceremony on April 29.