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2024 China-ASEAN Youth Culture Week and 7th CAYS

To commemorate the 2024 ASEAN-China Year of People-to-People Exchanges, CAYS is collaborating with the Center for International Cultural Communication (China International Communications Group) to jointly organize the event this year.

Theme :
Empowering Youth Voices

Target Audience: University Students in China and ASEAN

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Time: 28th - 31st March 2024

Location: Peking University, China

5 Pillars 

The 7th CAYS aims to empower and amplify the voices and on the ground perspectives of youth across China and ASEAN. The highlight of the event is "100 youths, 100 solutions", where 100 youths will each identify one existing regional problem they are interested in and propose a corresponding solution under one of the five pillars: Food, Development, Technology, Earth, and Culture.

Technology

  • Digital literacy; Responsible AI Use; AI Ethics Management; Data   Protection; Automation’s Impact on Jobs; Addiction; Platform Safety; Remote   Workforce Support

Food

  • Food Safety

  • Food Security

  • Sustainable Food

  • Food Innovation

  • Sustainable Farming Practices

  • Food Wastage

  • Crop and Disease Management

Technology

  • Digital literacy

  • Responsible AI Use

  • Data Protection

  • Automation’s Impact on Jobs 

  • Addiction

  • Platform Safety

  • Remote Workforce Support

Earth

  • Sustainability

  • Waste Disposal Management

  • Sustainable Finance

  • Sustainability Education

  • Emission Management

  • Cross-cultural understanding

  • Cultural literacy

  • Protection of traditional culture

Culture

Development

  • Cross-cultural understanding

  • Cultural literacy

  • Protection of traditional culture

  • Cross-cultural understanding

  • Cultural literacy

  • Protection of traditional culture

  • Cross-cultural understanding

  • Cultural literacy

  • Protection of traditional culture

  • Urban-Rural Inequality

  • Urban Migration

  • Social Mobility

  • Meritocracy

Participants will be invited to present their solutions at the end of the conference.

Those with the best solutions will receive the opportunity to develop them further and

have their proposals sent to CAYS’ partners.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

28.3 | Thursday

Opening Ceremony and Roundtable 1

'I Show ASEAN' Launching Ceremony 

School Tour

China-ASEAN Fusion Kitchen

DAY 2

29.3 | Friday

Discussion Session 1 

Organisation Visits 

Cultural Night

DAY 3

30.3 | Saturday

Discussion Session 2 

Discussion Session 3 

Citywalk

DAY 4

31.3 | Sunday

Roundtable 2

Discussion Session 4 

Closing Ceremony

Discussion Sessions

Academic Activities

Refining problem statements and generating in-depth solutions.

Roundtable Discussions

Inviting policymakers and industry experts to share their views on regional prospects.

Organising Committee

32 members from Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam

​Committee Heads:

  • Secretary-General: Yong Kai Qing (Singapore)

  • Deputy Secretary-General:  Lee Jun Hao (Malaysia), Zhang Ying (Singapore)

  • Academic Committee: Ang Shao Heng (Singapore)

  • Delegate Liaison: Lee Ricson (Malaysia), Lee Jia Min (Singapore)

  • Events: Agnes Ooi Xu Yuan (Malaysia), Kua Huai-En (Singapore)

  • Finance: Chai Seng Kit (Malaysia), Wong Ziming (Malaysia)

  • Publicity: Foo Joy-Lynn, Melody (Singapore), Ponsongkrouk Nataramon (Thailand)

  • Public Relations: Shen Nuo (China), Su Huangyi (Singapore) 

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