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2025 Sienna Marks Milestone

PRINCETON, Ind., June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Hailing from the heartland of the U.S., Toyota Indiana celebrates a significant milestone as the 1-millionth hybrid vehicle rolled off the line at the Princeton plant. With the flash of its lights, and honk of its horn, a cool Wind Chill Pearl 2025 Toyota Sienna Platinum rolled off the line.

Sienna has been assembled at Toyota Indiana since 2003, with the all-hybrid model being the latest iteration of the family-favorite built by the plant’s 7,650 team members. With up to an EPA-estimated 36 combined mpg rating, the Sienna is ready to take families and friends alike on adventures with ease – with less stops along the way.

Crafted for comfort and modern style, Sienna’s refreshed interior makes every errand and road trip a drive to enjoy. It is no surprise the Toyota Sienna was recently honored in the 2025 J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study – earning the top spot in the minivan segment.

“It’s a significant achievement to reach this milestone and something our team members should be proud of,” said Jason Puckett, president of Toyota Indiana. “The all-hybrid Sienna demonstrates our commitment to electrification and remains a top-selling vehicle in Toyota’s lineup.”

Sienna is part of Toyota’s robust lineup of electrified powertrain options. In May, Sienna sales were up more than 95 percent year-over-year while sales of electrified vehicles accounted for nearly half of Toyota’s sales volume for the month. This diverse portfolio of electrified vehicles will help propel Toyota toward its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.

Toyota Indiana represents an $8 billion total investment and has donated more than $54 million to local organizations since breaking ground in 1996.

About Toyota  

Toyota (NYSE: TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in the U.S. for nearly 70 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our nearly 1,500 dealerships.   

Toyota directly employs nearly 48,000 people in the U.S. who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of more than 35 million cars and trucks at our 11 manufacturing plants. In spring 2025, Toyota’s plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, Toyota currently offers 32 electrified options. 

To help inspire the next generation for careers in advanced manufacturing, Toyota launched its in-person tour booking platform and virtual tour experience at www.TourToyota.com allowing guests to schedule a live tour to see several of our U.S. manufacturing facilities in action or visit all plants virtually from anywhere around the globe. 

For more information about Toyota, visit www.ToyotaNewsroom.com.

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ATLANTA, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cox Enterprises proudly recognizes the exceptional efforts of its employees leading the way in carbon reduction and environmental impact through their participation in the 2025 Chairman’s Challenge. Cox is a global company dedicated to empowering people to build a better future. The annual Chairman’s Challenge campaign inspires employees across the enterprise to take tangible actions supporting a common goal. This year, the mission was to reduce energy use and carbon emissions, showcasing the collective power of dedicated environmental stewardship.

“I’m incredibly proud of how our people leaned in and found new and innovative ways to cut carbon emissions — both at work and home,” said Alex Taylor, chairman and CEO of Cox Enterprises. “We can’t solve all the world’s problems ourselves, but we can lead by example. Hopefully this will create a ripple effect in our families and communities that will help build a brighter, more sustainable future for the next generation.”

From March 31 – May 2, Cox employees were encouraged to create positive environmental change and had opportunities to accumulate points toward the Chairman’s Challenge. The employees who earned the most points in Chairman’s Challenge activities collaborated with the James M. Cox Foundation to award grants to environmental nonprofits of their choice.

The $15,000 grant recipients and their chosen nonprofits are:

• Marc Warnock, Cox Communications: Scantic River Watershed Association
• Ashish Garg, Cox Automotive: TreeUtah
• Zachary Link, Cox Enterprises: Arbor Day Foundation

The $2,500 grant recipients and their chosen nonprofits are:

• Christine Woodhouse, Cox Communications: Georgia Native Plant Society
• Michael Buoscio, Cox Automotive: Openlands
• Santayana Carmichael, Cox Enterprises: West Atlanta Watershed Alliance

During the month-long campaign, Cox employees contributed more than 8,000 volunteer hours, hosted over 100 impactful volunteer events, and supported nearly 50 nonprofits. Their collective efforts could prevent more than 2,000 metric tons of carbon emissions from entering the atmosphere, proving teamwork can drive meaningful change for the planet. Jim Kennedy, chairman emeritus of Cox Enterprises and chairman of the James M. Cox Foundation, launched the first Chairman’s Challenge in 2012 to support Cox’s ongoing commitment to drive positive change. Visit CoxEnterprises.com to learn more about the company and its impact.

About Cox Enterprises

Cox Enterprises is dedicated to empowering people to build a better future for the next generation. Cox is a leader in the broadband, automotive, and media industries, as well as a leading investment platform with strategic positions in emerging technologies driving the future of agriculture, renewable energy and public sector software. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Cox is a global company with $23 billion in annual revenues and a proud history of over 125 years. To learn more about Cox and its commitment to its people, planet and communities, visit coxenterprises.com.

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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — TETRA Technologies, Inc. (“TETRA” or the “Company”) (NYSE:TTI) announced that its senior management will be participating in two investor conferences in late June.   

J.P. Morgan 2025 Energy, Power, Renewables & Mining Conference
Brady Murphy, Chief Executive Officer, and Kurt Hallead, VP of Investor Relations and Treasurer, will be hosting one-on-one meetings with institutional investors on June 24 and 25 at the J.P. Morgan 2025 Energy, Power, Renewables & Mining Conference at the InterContinental Barclay Hotel in New York City.  Investors interested in scheduling one-on-ones meetings at the conference should contact their J.P. Morgan sales representative.

June 2025 Northland Growth Conference
Elijio Serrano, Chief Financial Officer, and Kurt Hallead, VP of Investor Relations and Treasurer, will participate at the virtual 2025 Northland Growth Conference on June 25 and will be hosting one-on-one meetings with institutional investors.  Investors interested in scheduling one-on-one meetings with TETRA’s management team during the conference should either contact their Northland sales representative or Bobby Brooks at bbrooks@northlandcapitalmarkets.com.

Company Overview
TETRA Technologies, Inc. is an energy services and solutions company focused on developing environmentally conscious services and solutions that help make people’s lives better. With operations on six continents, the Company’s portfolio consists of Energy Services, Industrial Chemicals, and Critical Minerals. In addition to providing products and services to the oil and gas industry and calcium chloride for diverse applications, TETRA is expanding into the low-carbon energy market with chemistry expertise, key mineral acreage, and global infrastructure, helping to meet the demand for sustainable energy in the twenty-first century. Visit the Company’s website at www.onetetra.com for more information or connect with us on LinkedIn.

Investor Contact
For further information, please contact Elijio Serrano, CFO, TETRA Technologies, Inc. at (281) 367-1983 or via email at eserrano@onetetra.com or Kurt Hallead, Treasurer and Vice President of Investor Relations at (281) 367-1983 or via email at khallead@onetetra.com

 

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WASHINGTON, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The recent rapid approach to policy changes at the Federal and State levels are prompting detailed responses by the affected communities through the organizations that represent their collective interests.

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Access Ready Strategic Social Purpose Corporation is an independent, cross-disability education and advocacy organization promoting a policy of civil rights, and equality for all. It advocates for digital inclusion and accessibility across information and communications technology (ICT).

The business, government and nonprofit sectors at all levels are becoming increasingly dependent on information and communications technology to provide goods and services. For people with disabilities, accessible information and communications technology is a necessity, not a luxury or a convenience, which fosters independence, economic self-sufficiency, and active, meaningful participation in civic life.

Access Ready is pleased to support the Policies and Positions of our compatriot organizations along with advocates across the disability and civil rights communities.

These positioning statements and communications of support will all be found on accessreadystrategic.com at:
https://accessreadystrategic.com/access-ready-in-support-of-policies-and-positions/ 

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VANCOUVER, BC, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ – Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP) (TSX: BLDP) has announced the filing of a final short form base shelf prospectus dated June 11 (the “Prospectus“) in each of the provinces and territories of Canada together with a corresponding shelf registration statement on Form F-10 (the “Registration Statement“) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC“). The Prospectus qualifies the issuance of common shares, preferred shares, warrants to purchase common shares, debt securities and units comprised of one or more of any of the foregoing securities (all of the foregoing collectively, the “Securities“) from time to time over a 25-month period.

Ballard has filed the Prospectus and Registration Statement to maintain financial flexibility but has no present intentions to undertake an offering of Securities. There is no certainty any Securities will be offered or sold under the Prospectus and/or Registration Statement within the 25-month effective period.

Should Ballard decide to offer Securities during the 25-month effective period, terms of future offerings, the intended use of the net proceeds resulting from such offerings, and the terms of the Securities to be offered, if any, will be established at the time(s) of any such offerings and will be described in a prospectus supplement filed with applicable Canadian securities regulators and/or the SEC, respectively.

The Prospectus replaces Ballard’s previous short form base shelf prospectus dated May 9, 2023, which expired on June 9, 2025.

Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus contained therein are available at www.sec.gov and http://www.sedarplus.ca, respectively.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these Securities, in any jurisdiction in which an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

About Ballard Power Systems

Ballard Power Systems’ (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) vision is to deliver fuel cell power for a sustainable planet. Ballard zero-emission PEM fuel cells are enabling electrification of mobility, including buses, commercial trucks, trains, marine vessels, and stationary power. To learn more about Ballard, please visit www.ballard.com.

Some of the statements contained in this release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws, such as statements that describe the anticipated offering of Securities under Ballard’s Prospectus and Registration Statement, the filing of a prospectus supplement and other statements. Since forward-looking statements are not statements of historical fact and address future events, conditions and expectations, forward-looking statements by their nature inherently involve unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors well beyond Ballard’s ability to control or predict. Actual events, results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Material factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those described in such forwarding-looking statements include risks related to Ballard’s condition requiring anticipated use of proceeds to change, timing of, and ability to obtain, required regulatory approvals, and general economic and regulatory changes.

These forward-looking statements represent Ballard’s views as of the date of this release. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual events and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.

Further Information
Sumit Kundu – Investor Relations +1.604.453.3517 or investors@ballard.com

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VANCOUVER, BC, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ – Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP) (TSX: BLDP) has announced the filing of a final short form base shelf prospectus dated June 11 (the “Prospectus“) in each of the provinces and territories of Canada together with a corresponding shelf registration statement on Form F-10 (the “Registration Statement“) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC“). The Prospectus qualifies the issuance of common shares, preferred shares, warrants to purchase common shares, debt securities and units comprised of one or more of any of the foregoing securities (all of the foregoing collectively, the “Securities“) from time to time over a 25-month period.

Ballard has filed the Prospectus and Registration Statement to maintain financial flexibility but has no present intentions to undertake an offering of Securities. There is no certainty any Securities will be offered or sold under the Prospectus and/or Registration Statement within the 25-month effective period.

Should Ballard decide to offer Securities during the 25-month effective period, terms of future offerings, the intended use of the net proceeds resulting from such offerings, and the terms of the Securities to be offered, if any, will be established at the time(s) of any such offerings and will be described in a prospectus supplement filed with applicable Canadian securities regulators and/or the SEC, respectively.

The Prospectus replaces Ballard’s previous short form base shelf prospectus dated May 9, 2023, which expired on June 9, 2025.

Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus contained therein are available at www.sec.gov and http://www.sedarplus.ca, respectively.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these Securities, in any jurisdiction in which an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

About Ballard Power Systems

Ballard Power Systems’ (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) vision is to deliver fuel cell power for a sustainable planet. Ballard zero-emission PEM fuel cells are enabling electrification of mobility, including buses, commercial trucks, trains, marine vessels, and stationary power. To learn more about Ballard, please visit www.ballard.com.

Some of the statements contained in this release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws, such as statements that describe the anticipated offering of Securities under Ballard’s Prospectus and Registration Statement, the filing of a prospectus supplement and other statements. Since forward-looking statements are not statements of historical fact and address future events, conditions and expectations, forward-looking statements by their nature inherently involve unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors well beyond Ballard’s ability to control or predict. Actual events, results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Material factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those described in such forwarding-looking statements include risks related to Ballard’s condition requiring anticipated use of proceeds to change, timing of, and ability to obtain, required regulatory approvals, and general economic and regulatory changes.

These forward-looking statements represent Ballard’s views as of the date of this release. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual events and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.

Further Information
Sumit Kundu – Investor Relations +1.604.453.3517 or investors@ballard.com

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GOTHENBURG, Sweden, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Minesto, leading ocean energy developer, today announces that its Dragon 12 tidal energy system (Luna), installed in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands, has met a major production performance milestone: the longer tether enables a 25% increase of power performance. This strengthens the company’s path toward commercial-scale deployment of its unique tidal kite technology.

Following the recent upgrade and installation of the Dragon 12 (Luna) mid-May, Minesto concludes that the system has met performance expectations as simulations predict. Most significantly, based on a 10 meter longer tether, the power performance increase is around 25% relative earlier testing. This is expected from computer simulation predictions.

These results further validate production volumes used in Minesto’s business cases for commercial buildout in the Faroe Islands.

“We are really pleased to have Dragon 12 in operation with increased performance in solid alignment with computer simulated predictions. This underscores the electricity production volumes used in our Dragon farm business cases and thereby reduce investor risks,” said Dr Martin Edlund, CEO of Minesto.

In addition to Dragon 12 showcasing technical performance, the production site in Vestmanna continues to serve as a live demonstration platform. Recent visits from utility partners, energy ministries, and potential commercial customers have further positioned the site as a central reference case in the global marine energy landscape.

“With the generated Dragon 12 production data and solid build-out plans in place, we are eager to engage investors and partners in taking the next step towards the world’s first Dragon Farm – an array of Minesto’s unique power plants,” said Dr Martin Edlund.

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+46 (0)735 23 71 58
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SHANGHAI, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — On June 11, LONGi officially released its newly developed HIBC technology and mass-produced module products at the 18th (2025) International Solar Photovoltaic Exhibition (SNEC). HIBC creates a precedent in the industry, achieving a power of over 700W for the first time based on the standard size of 2382mm×1134mm, and the efficiency of mass-produced modules is close to 26%, comprehensively leading the efficiency of photovoltaic modules into the ‘25%+Era’.

HIBC, a Better Solution for ‘High Value and Reliability’

HIBC (Hybrid Interdigitated Back-Contact), high-low temperature composite passivated back contact technology, which integrates the characteristics of HJT and BC, and realizes large-scale mass production of modules for the first time in the world.

Zhong Baoshen, Chairman of LONGi, said at the press conference that this is another peak climbed by LONGi in technological innovation and another major innovation by LONGi on the BC technology route.

In April 2025, certified by the Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) in Germany, the conversion efficiency of HIBC cells reached 27.81%, creating a new world record.

Zhong Baoshen said that conversion efficiency is not only the lighthouse of photovoltaic technology but also the lifeblood of photovoltaic products. LONGi has always actively called for “improving power on the same area or standard size, that is, increasing unit yield.” “Simply improving efficiency through physical stacking and area expansion brings limited customer value; at the same time, the risks of reliability and quality are obvious after the area is expanded.” Zhong Baoshen said.

Although LONGi’s HPBC 2.0 products have formed a leading edge in the market-72-piece standard-size modules, continuing to lead TOPCon products by 30W-LONGi has not stopped technological innovation and product R&D.

259W/㎡ LONGi First Proposes ‘Power Density’

The HIBC technology product officially unveiled at the press conference achieves a power of over 700W with a standard size of 2382mm×1134mm, a power density of more than 259W/㎡, and a module efficiency of 25.9%. “This is currently the most efficient industrial photovoltaic product in the world. Through the improvement of efficiency, we called unit yield, the unity of high value and reliability is truly achieved.” Zhong Baoshen said.

Compared with other 700W modules of the same power in the industry (most of the sizes are 2384mm×1303mm), this module has an area 0.4㎡ smaller, but the power density is 34W/㎡ higher, completely breaking the previous logic that “large size brings high power.”

This is also the first time that LONGi has put forward the concept of “power density” in the industry. “LONGi has always adhered to technological innovation, always adhered to high-quality standards, and put customer interests first.” The power density of this module is as high as 259W/㎡, which will be a more valuable choice for both the increasingly scarce land and the roof.

Another great value brought by HIBC technology is to comprehensively lead the efficiency of mass-produced photovoltaic modules into the “25%+Era”. As we all know, in the PERC era, the module efficiency was22%+, TOPCon brought 23%+, and the gate of 24%+ module mass production efficiency was opened by BC.

Now, the 700W module released by LONGi is the result of superimposing HJT high-quality passivation technology on BC. “We have taken less than three years to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic modules to a new level, which also fully proves the high expandability of BC technology-it has a larger efficiency improvement space,” Zhong Baoshen said.

“Father of Solar Energy”, Professor Martin Green of the University of New South Wales in Australia, also highly affirmed LONGi’s innovation in BC technology at the press conference. “We recently updated the world solar cell efficiency list, and LONGi’s HIBC technology topped, ranking first, which is also due to LONGi’s unremitting efforts on the BC technology track.”

In addition, HIBC products use high-density packaging technology, and the cell screen occupation ratio is increased from 93.2% to 95.1%, which can greatly increase the light absorption area and truly achieve a balance between reliability and high efficiency.

On May 7 this year, the EcoLife series, officially released by LONGi at the Intersolar exhibition, is a mass-produced product based on HIBC technology. The mass-produced cell efficiency of this module is 27.3%, and the module efficiency exceeds 25%.

Starting from the End, Further Building a BC Ecosystem

At this press conference, Zhong Baoshen also disclosed the achievements of the BC ecosystem construction since it officially launched in 2023. As of the end of May 2025, LONGi has cumulatively carried out technical docking with 191 global partners, reached 55 cooperation, covering 7 major fields including silicon wafers, cells, modules, system solutions, hydrogen energy, biomass, and engineering technology, and achieved initial revenue of 1.95 billion yuan.

At the SNEC on May 24, 2023, LONGi officially released the STAR Innovation Ecological Collaboration Platform to the world, aiming to build a global collaborative innovation ecosystem with the “Global Zero Carbon Technology Innovation Center” as the core.

On July 3, 2024, at the opening ceremony of the Global Distributed R&D Center, LONGi officially announced the operation rules for building the BC ecosystem, including three value propositions, three cooperation principles, and four modules of partner evaluation, model selection, technical empowerment, and value sharing, aiming to ensure implementation through a professional organization, full-chain process, digital system, and full-cycle monitoring.

“Our original intention is still to start from the end and be committed to planting the black land that leads the healthy, benign, and sustainable development of the photovoltaic industry,” Zhong Baoshen said.

In the future, LONGi will further expand and deepen cooperation to improve and amplify the value of BC technology, so that it can penetrate into thousands of industries and households.

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DAKAR, Senegal, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Guinean artist and activist Elie Kamano has released a powerful new music video for his single, ‘Ils veulent l’Afrique sans les Africains’ (‘They Want Africa Without Africans’), delivering a bold artistic statement that fuses political resistance, cultural memory, and Pan-African solidarity.

Filmed on the sacred grounds of the Thiaroye mass graves in Dakar, the video honors victims of one of colonialism’s most heinous massacres. Kamano’s visual tribute transforms the site into a defiant stage, linking Africa’s historical trauma to the modern reparations movement. With raw lyricism and symbolic imagery, the video makes a clear demand: ‘Africa will reclaim what Europe stole.’

The release arrives at a pivotal moment. The African Union has declared 2025 as the Year of Reparations, providing institutional momentum to cultural and civic efforts across the continent. In Dakar, a recent high-profile conference reignited demands for justice surrounding the Thiaroye massacre, leading Senegalese authorities to launch archaeological excavations to document the scope of the 1944 French military crime—evidence that may substantiate formal reparations claims to France.

The reparations conversation has visibly moved to the streets. Dakar’s walls now feature bold graffiti murals demanding €50 trillion in reparations from former colonial powers—vivid calls for justice that cannot be ignored. In Bamako, Malian scholars and policymakers echo the urgency, calling for strategic frameworks that link historical redress with sustainable African futures.

Kamano’s work stands at the intersection of music and movement—galvanizing Pan-African youth, scholars, and policymakers alike. His anthem doesn’t just commemorate the past—it ignites the future.

“This is not just a song,” says Kamano. “It’s a voice for the voiceless. A call for dignity. A battle cry for what is rightfully ours.”

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BEIJING, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — On June 7, 2024, the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a China-proposed resolution to designate June 10 as the International Day for Dialogue Among Civilizations. The event’s first edition was celebrated worldwide on June 10 this year.

The establishment of the day could not have been more timely, as it seeks to draw global attention to the importance of dialogue and promote greater exchange and harmony among civilizations.

“Things are born to be different.” This line from The Mencius, a collection of sayings of Confucian philosopher Mencius, who lived some 2,300 years ago, captures a fundamental truth rooted in the laws of nature: Everything in the world is inherently different.

On March 28, 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping quoted this line in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, an annual forum held in Boao, a resort town in China’s southern island province of Hainan. The quote stresses that all civilizations are unique and no one is superior to the other.

Xi called on the international community to foster dialogue and exchange among civilizations and different development models, to learn from each other through healthy competition and to achieve shared development through mutual understanding. Inter-civilizational exchange should serve as a bridge that connects nations, an engine that drives human progress and a bond that sustains world peace, he added.

Once again, the global community has arrived at a critical juncture, where regional conflicts continue to break out, where humanity faces mounting challenge to global peace, security, development and governance.

Against this backdrop, a way for civilizations to coexist in harmony has become a pressing challenge–one that the international community can no longer afford to ignore.

In response to this challenge, Xi first proposed the Global Civilizations Initiative at the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-Level Meeting held in Beijing in March 2023.

The initiative calls for a shared commitment to respecting the world’s diverse civilizations. This means upholding the principles of equality, mutual learning, dialogue and inclusiveness, bridging divides through exchange, resolving tensions through mutual understanding and moving beyond claims of cultural superiority toward peaceful coexistence.

It is in this spirit that China has positioned itself as both a staunch advocate of and an active participant in inter-civilizational exchange.

The country has built multiple platforms dedicated to promoting dialogue and cultural exchange. Through these efforts, the Chinese philosophy that every civilization has its own beauty and all can flourish together has found growing resonance around the world.

Meanwhile, the world remains shadowed by lingering notions of “civilizational superiority” and the “clash of civilizations,” a concept first introduced in 1992 by U.S. political scientist Samuel Huntington, who argued that people’s cultural and religious identities would become the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War era. These recurring echoes of obsolete thinking are a reminder that old prejudices die hard.

We should all keep in mind that every nation has its own history, culture and social system, and that this diversity is a defining feature of civilizations. It is not our differences but our pride and prejudice that divide us.

By finding common ground amid differences and seeking solidarity through mutual respect as well as open dialogue, our diverse civilizations will not only shine all the more brightly but also come together to light the way toward a better future for all of humanity.

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