The Second World Buddhist Forum opens at Lingshan Buddhist Palace

"We should respect diversities on the basis of equal treatment, strengthen mutual understanding through communications and achieve common progress while making up for each other's deficiencies," he said.

The Second World Buddhist Forum opens at Lingshan Buddhist  Palace.

"The Chinese people have always been unswervingly holding high the banner of peace, development and cooperation, pursuing the opening strategy of mutual benefits and win-win outcome, actively developing the exchanges and cooperation with the countries all over the world, positively participating in coping with the international financial crisis, committing themselves to promoting world's economic growth and progress of human civilization and working together with people across the world to establish a harmonious world featuring lasting peace and common prosperity," he added.