Commemorating Freud’s 168^th Birthday Anniversary in China (May 6, 2024)

Abstract A multicultural event took place online in China on May 6, 2024, to mark the 168 th anniversary of Freud’s birth. This was planned and organized by SHEN Heyong, 申荷永, Dean at the Oriental Academy for Analytical Psychology (OAAP) and Professor at Macau City University, who chaired the proceedings. The event included three speakers: Hermann Schultz, 舒而思 (IPA), Ann Casement, 安·凯斯门特 (IAAP), LI Mengchao, 李孟潮 (China Association for Mental Health). The event took place in both Chinese and English and was facilitated by two world‐class interpreters, Coco (ZHANG Yancui, 张艳萃), and Ruby (HOU Yingchun, 侯迎春). The event was organized with masterful efficiency by Joy (WU Yan, 吴言), who administers international cooperation on Jungian training at the Oriental Academy for Analytical Psychology. There was a lively Q&A following the three presentations while the event itself lasted for three hours and was attended online by 20,000 participants. The article that follows is an account of this unique occasion which brought together psychoanalysts from different orientations as well as different parts of the world, and was the brainchild of the Jungian psychoanalyst, Professor SHEN Heyong.