With mountains and seas converging in harmony, the 2026 Hehe Culture Forum, themed "Hehe for Lasting Peace, Walking Together on the Great Way", was held in Tiantai, Taizhou, on October 27. Experts and scholars from 23 countries around the world gathered to open a dialogue among civilizations centered on the concept of "Hehe". Zhang Xuewei, Vice Chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and Chang Bo, President of China International Communications Group (CICG), delivered opening addresses. Wang Jian, Secretary of the Taizhou Municipal Party Committee, delivered a welcome speech. The opening ceremony was attended by Liu Limin, former Vice Minister of Education; Li Yafang, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of CICG and President of the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies (ACCWS); Khairidin Usmonzoda, Director of the Center for Strategic Research under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan; Robert Walker, Professor at Beijing Normal University, Fellow of the British Academy, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Oxford; and Kin Phea, Director General of the International Relations Institute of Cambodia (IRIC) of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, among others. The opening ceremony was presided over by Yu Hanyin, Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee and Head of the Information Office of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government. Municipal leaders including Zhang Dengfeng, Wu Haiping, and Miao Weilun attended relevant forum activities.