The article highlights the World Buddhist Forum, the first major international Buddhist conference in China's history, which took place on April 13 to 16, 2006 in Hangzhou, China. It tackled about the role of Buddhism in building a harmonious world. According to Liu Yandong, Vice Chairwoman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's peaceful development cannot proceed withour a harmonious international environment.
