BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The Central Institute of Socialism (CIS) on Monday held the opening ceremony of a seminar for representatives from the Christian community in China to discuss Chinese culture.

A total of 52 representatives from northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and east China's Fujian Province will attend the 14-day seminar, featuring lectures on Christianity and Chinese-Western cultural exchanges, Chinese culture and rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and religious theory and policy.

Founded in 1956, the CIS is a political academy for non-communist parties and people without party affiliation. It offers Chinese cultural education to people from ethnic and religious circles, new social groups, as well as the private sector.