The year 2015 was a significant date, having been announced as the ‘Year of UK–China Cultural Exchange’ by both Chinese and British governments. In this year, both countries held a series of high-level cultural activities to promote cultural communication and industrial collaboration, as well as mutual understanding and friendship between them. In particular, they chose ‘creativity’ as a theme for their Culture Seasons.

The 2nd Global China Dialogue (GCD II) focused on ‘transculturality and new global governance’ and formed a complement to the Second High-level Policy Forum on Global Governance, held in October 2014 in Beijing, China, and organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The exchange of ideas in different fields is an essential part of transcultural communication, which has deepened in recent years.

GCD II discussed all facets of new global governance, with contributions from a range of leading scholars and international influencers. At this event the Journal of China in Comparative Perspective (now Journal of China in Global Comparative Perspectives) was formally launched. The five discussion panels were:

• Introducing transculturality and new global governance.
• ‘Civilized dialogue’ – transculture and comparison
• Sustainable urbanization in Europe and China
• School governance in the UK, transcultural education and learning;
• Social creativity, transcultural practice, and new global governance.

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