英国当地时间2018年3月3日至3月4日，2018牛津中国论坛如期举行。本届牛津中国论坛的主题为“A New China”。

与以往不同的是，今年的牛津中国论坛移步至牛津辩论社举行，这个素以独特犀利著称的辩论社团首次迎来了中国的学者、文学家、艺术家及企业家代表，针对现代中国经济转型、政治与文化领域发展等话题展开了深度的讨论。

自2013年成立以来，牛津中国论坛已成功举办了三届。依托牛津的平台资源，链接中国和世界，解决信息不对称的问题，填平对中国的误解沟壑，提供重新思考中国的平台，这是牛津中国论坛的一贯宗旨。

今年的牛津中国论坛特意增加了艺术板块，主题为《艺术与文化的寻根与维新》，凸显出牛津大学学子对中国传统文化的价值思考和对中国文化、艺术未来性的展望。本次的艺术板块中，论坛特邀中国知名艺术家金星、徐冰、泰祥洲、蒋山青，共同探讨了被当前火热的艺术市场包裹着的中国文化与当代艺术。

据该板块策划人周佳雨介绍，牛津中国论坛艺术板块设立的初衷旨在为牛津的青年学子提供欣赏和观察当代艺术的方法，并对中国文化在全球的传播肩负一份使命和责任。未来，艺术板块将以更丰富的内容和呈现形式继续展开。

除此之外，论坛还邀请了中国知名作家严歌苓、冯唐，中国知名企业家于冬、陶陶，以及相关领域的学者及学术代表，企图从国际关系、哲学板块、文学板块、农村板块人工智能与科技板块、艺术板块、创业板块七个维度，  围绕中国的外交关系、儒学思想的现代启示、文学品位的现代困境、农村的下一代问题、人工智能的未来发展、媒体的关系、艺术的变迁、创业创新等命题，共同还原一个现代中国的真实生态。

以下为路透社原文：

The Oxford China Forum 2018 will establish an arts sub-section to examine the export of contemporary Chinese art and literature

The Oxford China Forum 2018 went ahead as planned starting on the 3rd March 2018 and finishing on 4th March, Greenwich Time. This year the topic for the forum was “a New China”

Forming a contrast from previous years’ forums, the venue of this year’s Oxford China Forum was moved to the Oxford Debate Club. For the first time, this unique and well-known debating community invited scholars, writers, artists, and entrepreneurs all representing China, and held in-depth discussions on topics such as the economic transformation of modern China and developments in both the cultural and political spheres of China.

Since its establishment in 2013, the Oxford China Forum has been held three times with resounding success. By relying on Oxford's resources, we were able to link China up with the rest of the world, indirectly solve problems relating to information asymmetry, and solve misconceptions about China all while providing a platform to rethink the country. These are the unchanging aims of the Oxford China Forum.

This year, the Oxford China Forum has deliberately added an art sub-section themed around "The Roots and Reforms of Art and Culture". It emphasises the value of Oxford University students reflecting on Chinese traditional culture as well as the future of Chinese culture and art. The forum invited well-known Chinese artists Jin Xing, Xu Bing, Tai Xiangzhou, and Jiang Shanqing to participate in the arts sub-section and discuss Chinese culture and contemporary art in the current art scene.

According to the planner, Zhou Jiayu, the original intention of the Oxford China Forum arts sub-section was to provide young Oxford students with a means to appreciate and observe contemporary art, as well to make it their mission and responsibility to propagate Chinese culture throughout the world. In the future, the arts sub-section will continue to develop with richer content and presentation.

In addition to this, the forum also invited well-known writer Yan Geling and Feng Tang, well-known Chinese entrepreneurs Yu Dong and Tao Tao, as well as scholars and academic representatives from related fields to attempt discussing the seven sub-sections of international relations, philosophy, literary, the state of rural China, artificial intelligence technology, arts, and entrepreneurship to reconstruct a true social ecology of a modern China. This discussion was centred on the ideas of China’s foreign diplomatic relations, the modern lessons provided by Confucianism, the predicament regarding the modern state of literature, problems with rural China’s next generation, the future development of artificial intelligence, media relations, changes in art, entrepreneurial innovation, and other issues.