The Visiting Program for Young Sinologists 2014 (First Session) ends in Beijing on July 22 with an experience sharing discussion. [Photo/Chinaculture.org]

A special discussion is underway at Jianfu Palace of the Forbidden City. At the discussion, half of the guests were from other countries but they all spoke excellent Chinese.

Present were 18 sinologists from 15 countries and seven scholars of Chinese culture from Peking University, the Forbidden City, Chinese National Academy of Arts and Chinese Academy of Social Science. They came at the invitation of the Ministry of Culture to share their experience at the first session of Visiting Program for Young Sinologists 2014.