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Leaders expressed their views on cultural communication during a session "Cultural Interactions and People-to-People Exchange" at the China Development Forum on Saturday. Shan Jixiang, director of the Palace Museum, said they would auction the Sky lantern and the Wan Shou lantern for supporting the poor. "Cultural confidence is a more fundamental, broader, and deeper form of self-confidence," said President Xi Jinping in 2016. Film director Malcolm Clarke suggested, "China places much greater emphasis on Pop Culture."