From November 28 to December 1, 2025, the Youth Ambassador Program for Asian Cultural Heritage 
Conservation: 2025 International Youth Academic Exchange on Cave Temples was held in Dazu, Chongqing. 
The event was hosted by the China Academy of Cultural Heritage, the People’s Government of Dazu District, 
Chongqing, and the Academy of Dazu Rock Carvings, and co-organized by the Chongqing Key Laboratory of 
Conservation and Digitalization for Humid-Environment Sandstone Grottoes as well as the Editorial Department of Studies in Dazu Rock Carvings.Young scholars and experts from China, the United Kingdom, Italy, India, Pakistan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Honduras, the Maldives, Sudan and other countries conducted high-level discussions around the theme of Conservation and Inheritance·Innovation and Collaboration.