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28th International Congress of Psychology in Peking


Ontopsychology: The Ontological Nexus of Psychology

On the 7th of August 2004, Prof. Meneghetti lands at the airport of the Chinese capital. The reason for his visit is the 28th International Congress of Psychology being held in Peking from the 8th to the 13th of August 2004. This is the first international congress of psychology to take place here and also the greatest congress that has ever been organised in China. It was such an important occasion that the State Post office issued a commemoration stamp.
The First International Congress of Psychology took place in Paris, France, in 1898. From the Second World War onwards, it has been held every four years, for which reason it is considered the psychological Olympic Games. Eight years ago, after great effort, China succeeded in obtaining the right to host this congress. Regarding this success Kan Zhang, Congress Secretary-General, noted that, “Hosting such a great congress means that Chinese psychologists have achieved international results”.
Prof. Meneghetti has not taken part in an International Congress of Psychology for many years, however on learning that this one would take place in Peking, he decided to accept China’s invitation to participate in an Invited Symposium. It is important to underline that Prof. MeneghettiOntopsychology representative, was the only Italian scientist invited to present a symposium in this congress.
Prof. Antonio Meneghetti maintains that China will play a leading role in the 21st century. This Country has a millenary civilization and a population of over one billion people of 56 different ethnic groups. Since the 1980s, China has realized a policy of economic reforms and opening up to the external world. This has led to very fast economic development. GDP keeps on increasing at a growth rate of 10%. The foreign exchange reserve already amounts to over 70 billion U.S. dollars. The average income of people living in cities and in the country is up by 7,7% and 4,5% respectively.
This has occurred thanks to an old Chinese politician who planned the reform and advocated China opening her doors to the rest of the world. His name is Deng, the former Chinese President. Prof. Meneghetti claims that, Deng was the greatest Chinese leader since the time of Mao. He knew how to love his people and loved them deeply. In the New Ontopsychology journal, no. 2/1991, I saw a photograph taken in Lizori, which portrayed Prof. Meneghetti with some Chinese people. They all had beautiful smiles. There was a very sweet young woman among them. I was told that she was Deng’s favourite grandchild. On that occasion, she told Prof. Meneghetti that he was exactly the man her grandfather was looking for.
Prof. Meneghetti often tells me about little things that happened to him during his previous journey and the unforgettable people he met. He speaks with deep love and the look in his eyes seems to go beyond time and space and return to a far off place.
The Congress was organized by the Chinese Psychology Society, under the auspices of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), member of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
About 6,000 psychologists, scholars and government servants, coming from 85 different countries and regions, were present. The congress called the most famous psychologists, like Prof. D. Kahneman, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics, Prof. L. G. Niksson, academician of the Swedish Academy of Sciences and member of the Nobel Committee for Economics and around twenty academicians from many Countries who took part in the keynote. There were 162 special topic categories for 25 different research fields, such as memory studies or behavioural genetics, rather than intelligence and creativity, etc.
More than 6,000 copies of the congress program were published, which also included Psicologica Editrice’s advertisement. Jiang, organization representative, reported that this advertisement had been chosen among the eight best advertisements, due to its correctness and moderate commercial nature.
The congress opening ceremony began in the late afternoon of the 8th of August. Yongxiang Lu, President of the Chinese Academy of Science and Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, maintained that, in taking advantage of this opportunity, he hopes for stronger collaboration between psychologists coming from all over the world, in order to contribute to the progress of human civilization and to the development of enduring peace in the world. Michel Denis, President of IUPsyS, underlined China’s special role in fostering collaboration between Asian areas and the rest of the world over the last twenty years.
Prof. Antonio Meneghetti’s Invited Symposium took place on the 11th of August, from 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m. In his presentation, called Ontopsychology: the ontological nexus of psychology, he maintained that, though psychology has established its own right to be an autonomous science and claimed its own independence from philosophy and physiology, it has still not acquired the identity of a demonstrated science.
Contemporary psychology is justified through use and legal consensus. It lacks scientific universal principles. Instead, if psychology progresses through the three ontopsychological discoveries – ontic In Sé, semantic field and monitor of deflection – then it too possesses its own ontological nexus.
The other presentation of the Invited Symposium were: The human being’s psychology: development of the ontopsychological approach; Application of Ontopsychology to the leader as a source of solutions for society, Ontopsychology and memetics.
During the evening, in the Hotel Crowne Plaza Continental conference room, Prof. Meneghetti held a cinelogy on the film “Hero” (“Ying Xiong” in Chinese), which charged into first place at the American box office the first week it was released. It has also been nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film. This film was directed by Yimou Zhang, an internationally renowned director who has shot several famous films, such as Raise the Red Lantern and The Road Home. Among those attending the cinelogy were: Mr Dehe Ma, director general of the China Film Group Company and the producer of this film; Leilei Jia, vice director and scholar of the Film & Television Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts; Youfu Xia, director of the Research Centre for the Economic Collaboration between China and EU, professor at The International Business and Economics University, Chairman of the Committee for Expert Counselling of the Minister of Trade Negotiation of WTO on Trade and Environment, councillor of the China Green Food Development Centre; Fuyuan Liu, vice director of the China Mental Health Association; Fengchi Yang, psychology professor at the Medicine University of Capital University, etc. Furthermore, among those who took part in the cinelogy, there were many young psychology students and students from the Theatre Academy. Many of them, who participated in the cinelogy for the first time, considered it a very interesting experience.
The following day , Prof. Meneghetti saw journalists from many newspapers, like Guang Ming, China Youth, Hua Xia Network, etc. Prof. Meneghetti gave clear and simple answers to their questions concerning the meaning of Ontopsychology, the leader’s psychology, wealth, OntoArte, etc. When he was asked about his impressions on China and the development of psychology in this Country, he answered that compared to seven years ago China has made great economic and political progress: he perceives that the quality of life in China is improving and the current government seems to be a good one that is interested in the well-being of its people. As regards Chinese psychology, demand is increasing a great deal, nevertheless, its slow development is due to its connection with American psychology. This does not allow for proper investigation and knowledge of the deep European psychology. Moreover, he added that Ontopsychology is the science of the future and he hopes that many more young people will learn about it and many people will benefit from it.
In the evening, everyone watched the marvellous “Beijing Night Show”.
After the Congress, Kan Zhang, secretary general, psychology professor at the Science Academy, maintained that he wishes to establish a collaboration with Ontopsychology in the future.

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