“探索21世纪问题”理论研讨会是修远基金会与《文化纵横》杂志社今年5月主办的研讨会。召开这样一场议题宽泛的会议,是因为在21世纪第二个十年即将结束之际,人们对世界滑向动荡与发展乏力的忧虑,正在取代原来有关21世纪的确定信念与乐观想象——“21世纪”再度成为一个问题。如果说自改革开放以来,中国人对21世纪的认识和想象,大多来源于对西方思想和知识资源的翻译、学习和转化。到了今天,当各种现成的发展路径都正在遭遇全球变局的普遍挑战时,此种变局和不确定性,正迫使中国“被迫创新”。 The Symposium on “Exploring the Problem of the 21st Century” is a symposium sponsored by the Shuyuan Foundation and Cultural and Zoological Press in May this year. The convening of such a broad meeting is due to the fact that as the second decade of the 21st century comes to a close, people’s worries that the world is sliding towards turmoil and sluggish development are replacing the original confirmation and optimistic visions of the 21st century - “21st Century ” once again become a problem. If we say that since the reform and opening up, the Chinese people’s understanding and imagination of the 21st century mostly come from the translation, study and transformation of Western ideas and knowledge resources. Today, as various ready-made development paths are encountering the universal challenge of global change, such changes and uncertainties are forcing China to “be forced to innovate.”