China-Malaysia Cultural Exchanges under the Belt and Road Initiative: Literature Review from 2018 to 2023

This paper investigates the cultural and people-to-people exchanges between China and Malaysia from the perspective of the Belt and Road Initiative(B&R) which was put forward in the year 2013. Through literature review, the cultural exchanges between China and Malaysia in the framework of the Belt and Road can be divided into education, science and technology, international communication, tourism, art and cultural brand, sports, medicine and health and other fields. Guided by the principles of peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit, the Belt and Road Initiative will promote all-round practical cooperation and build a community of shared interests, shared future and shared responsibilities featuring political mutual trust, economic integration and cultural inclusiveness. Therefore, this paper makes the literature review of the cultural exchanges between China and Malaysia in specific policy, economic and cultural backgrounds rather than isolating them. The literature is reviewed from a historical perspective. The literature review of this study begins with the Belt and Road, cultural exchanges and China-Malaysia relations. The period of observation and analysis mainly extends from the year 2018 to 2021. This time span provides an understanding of the development process, framework and ideas of the Belt and Road cultural exchanges which will help achieve the objective of this study that is to promote the further deepening of cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and Malaysia.