Youth Representative Attends World Youth Development Forum

China 2023
Two men viewing exhibition panels.
[© Seikyo Shimbun]

From October 30 to November 1, the World Youth Development Forum was held in Beijing under the theme “Youth Strength for Solidarity and Innovation: Striving Together for Sustainable Development.” Shuichi Minami, chair of the Soka Gakkai Youth Peace Committee in Japan, attended the three-day forum, which brought together some two thousand participants from 130 countries in person and online. The peace initiative “Soka Global Action 2030” by Soka Gakkai youth in Japan was selected as one of the “100 Excellence Actions for Global Youth Development.” An exhibition about the one hundred initiatives was on display at the forum.