On October 31, the Now and Beyond Special TV Forum, organized by CGTN and supportedby iGCU, was successfully held. Senior practitioners and renowned scholars from Armenia,China, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Norway, South Africa, Spain, the U.K., and the U.S. were invitedto the forum, giving their views on Chinats onward journey as charted by the 20th CPCNational Congress, and its impact on the world. "Ihe forum was moderated by Ms. Liu Xin(Senior Host of CGTN).

H.E. Djoomart Otorbaev (Former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan and Senior Visiting Fellow of iGCU) stated that is ready to work with China on high-quality development, and that the high-quality development is extremely important for both China and Central Asian countries. "We are ready to be part of the 'Asian Silicon Valley' where discoveries and new inventions will come in, and we will move together to the 21st century," said H.E. Otorbaev.