The Young Sinologists Symposium is held in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province during the 3rd Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo, on Sept 26, 2018. [Photo by Li Wenrui/Chinaculture.org]

As one of the theme forums of the third Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo, the Young Sinologists Symposium attracted 30 young China studies scholars from 22 countries, including Egypt, Russia, India, Brazil and Japan.

Held on Wednesday, the meeting was a platform for international academics to exchange ideas on Silk Road and Dunhuang culture with Tunhuangology experts, among whom were Zhao Shengliang, vice director of the Dunhuang Academy of China and Zhang Yuanlin, director of the Tunhuangology Research Center.