尊敬的各位来宾和作家朋友们，今天很荣幸能和来自海上丝绸之路的各国代表们共聚一堂，沟通交流，了解各国文学界的最新情况，增进我们之间的友谊。

全球化日益趋强的今天，世界万物之间的连接更加紧密，国与国的界线也日渐淡薄。文学也是如此，外国翻译文学作品随处可见，文学作品和作家之间的竞争已不仅仅限于本国内部。虽然语言的限制还不能完全消除，文学翻译也并不轻松简单，但是如果某位作家的作品足够优秀，自然会有人会带它走出语言的国界，机会也就不仅仅局限于自己的国家了。优秀的作品可能会被翻译成英文，甚至20种以上的语言都是有可能的。同样的，如果某些作家的作品在本国也并不突出，那么推广工作就会困难重重，竞争亦愈加激烈。出版社的预算有限，读者的资金也有限，文学作品之间的性价对比无处不在，出版社要选择出版谁的作品，读者要选择购买谁的作品，翻译作品还是本土作品，名家经典之作还是时代新秀的成果，所有这些作品的对比和竞争已经分不清你我。除此以外，当今社会还有许许多多其它形式的事物无时无刻不在吸引着人们的注意力，社交媒体、网络游戏、影视作品等等，但我们每天拥有的时间却没有改变，依然只有24小时，因此书籍并不只是和书籍在竞争，也不仅仅是纸质书籍和电子书籍的竞争。当前图书市场发展缓慢，作家也不再是吃香的行业了。在这样困难重重的背景下，我们最终还是选择了文学创作这条路。

我相信，写作是作者顺从自己内心深处的呼唤，我们写作的初衷应该不是为了金钱，而是为了诉说某事某物，传播内心的想法，传承某种潜在的价值，让读者能够了解我们的所思所想，这一理由直到今天都没有改变过，也正是这一理由，不管读者多少，只要还有人读，我们就会坚持创作。但仅仅为了达到有人读这一点，我们的作品就得有吸引力，最少我们得吸引人们愿意为我们的作品花费相应的时间和金钱。因此，文学创作人本身也不应仅仅局限于书籍的阅读，我们应该拓宽了解叙述事物的形式和范围，比如电视、电影、甚至是带有故事情节的网络游戏等等。当然文学作品，无论是本土的还是国外翻译的，是我们本来就应熟悉的领域了，虽然写作可能还是我们最终的表达形式，但是我们的兴趣范围拓宽了，我们会接触到各种类型的叙述形式，了解如何把作品叙述得让读者、观众有共鸣感。在这个过程当中，我们会遇到喜欢的和不喜欢的，好的和不好的，所有这些都会变成我们自己的资本，把它们运用在我们自己的作品当中，眼界拓宽了，创作的时候我们就能够用我们的思辨能力，以自己喜欢的形式，叙述我们认为好的，我们所信仰的有价值的内容。

世界在改变，也不会停止改变，而且还会一直不停的继续改变，科学技术在不断发展，人工智能离我们越来越近，我们试着让人工智能机器进行文学创作，或是用人工智能分析什么样的文学作品会大卖。我们作为文学创作人也要不断地提高自己，同时我们还应比以往任何时候都更有勇气，不仅仅停留于自己过往的成就，更要勇于尝试新的叙述方式，创造自己独有的风格，给我们自己以及读者一个满意的答案，为什么要从以前、现在和将来如此众多的作品中选择自己的作品。坚信自己的答案，用虔诚的态度去创作，传播自己信仰的有价值有意义的东西，那么这个作品本身就会自己发光让读者看见。和以往一样，文学的魅力并没有消减，依然能让读者陶醉。好的文学作品永远都会有自己的位置，文学作品可能没有动态的图像，也没有精心设计的角度，但是我们以语言的形式向读者的思想传达了图像和角度，文学作品对读者的吸引不是画面的精彩瞬间，但我们以深刻和特色鲜明的内容和思想，让读者往里面投入时间和精力，我们用阅读完结时的心满意足来回报他们，这就是文学最独特的魅力，是其他形式无法替代的，这也是我们文学创作者最应该坚守的，不断创新撰写出有自己独特味道的文学作品，让文学持续发展壮大。

希望我们还能坚持创新，同时祝福创新的力量永远围绕在大家身边。

The Literary Creation Under Globalization Background

Adisorn Paiwattananupan (Thailand) 

Ladies and gentlemen, our fellow writers,  it's a good opportunity that we, the writers from Maritime Silk Road countries, gather today to exchange opinions and share update on the literary situation in your respective country and to strengthen relationship among us.

In this globalization era where everything can be seamlessly connected and borderless world seems more down-to-earth than before, so is the literature.Foreign literature translation for publishing becomes an ordinary thing in this era.

Each author doesn't only compete within their own country anymore, even with the language barrier in place and that translation has never been easy, but if the work itself is outstanding or unique enough in its own way or touching to the heart of readers, there will be someone out there who is willing to take that master work beyond those languages obstacle to make sure this quality piece will never be kept hidden in the corner of the secret chest at the basement and to ensure that it will be in the hands of fellows who value it, our readers. At that point of time, it will not be limited to just one language anymore. It will then become global, meaning more opportunities will come your way. In the contrary, if that work doesn't shine enough domestically. It will then face the difficulty and pressure from the intense competition whereby the budget from the publishers for selected works are limited so as the readers's budget to buy, let alone many great domestic, international, classic or modern works queuing for the publishers to choose and those that already lied at the book store awaiting for the readers. Other distractions in daily life such as Social Media, games, TV, movies, etc. come at play as time-stealer. This is not just writings against writings or paperback against e-book anymore. The literature market is not growing and being an author is not a bed of roses like before, though under that circumstance we bear in mind, we still insist to pursue our dream as a writer.

Deep down inside I believe that the literature reflects the voice within its creator. The initial inspiration may just be as simple as a need to tell the story or to deliver some meaningful messages to the people out there, not primarily for money. That initial 'spark' still remains within us and has strongly driven us to keep continuing our path as long as we, as a writer, know there are readers waiting. But in order to attract more readers or to retain them, the work has to be able to sell itself and stand out enough to draw readers' attention and steal their time and money from other distractions. Therefore, the authors shouldn't limit themselves to cultivate from domestic or international literature work only but to open up and let yourself explore and gain experience broadly or deeply enough to finally let it becomes the 'fuel' or material for your next masterpiece. All of them is about story-telling. The more the authors expand their interest on other areas such as TV, movies or even games, the more level up on the author self and their work. Undeniably that crafting the work in each own author's style is, indeed, literature work but by combining other interests will make it even more powerful and relevant to the readers one way or another as we found new different or interesting ways to communicate to them, interact with them and create emotional involvement through the story and way. This will become our asset to apply to our own work to make even broader, thorough and well-rounded synthesized story based on a better understanding in ourselves, our need while still be able to convey the key message or the value you believe in.

The world has changed, inevitably, and it won't stop changing. Technology is evolving where the future of Artificial Intelligence world is close to within our reach. The experiment of using AI to write literature or analyse the work for the best-selling trend is not just an imagination in the sci-fi world but it is now exist in the real world. As a creator, author, writer, we need to embrace the change, learn from it and challenge yourself to be out of comfort zone. Don't live forever in your successful past or hold yourself to it. Dare to try writing in the way you never think you would to pave your new path to another step to succeed and create your uniqueness or so-called 'signature' along the way. Importantly, your story or book has to be able to strongly convince the readers on 'Why this book and not others'. Remember to write with faith, belief and value that you hold on to and it will eventually make you work shine through any sea of story-telling to the eyes and heart of the readers. Telling a story in the traditional literary way is still magical and fascinating to the readers and there will always be the place for any great literatures. Through literature, we tell a story and expand readers' endless imagination by letters instead of motion or photos. We draw their interest, time and money by the story's distinct concept, its concise and in-depth detail to bring picture in readers’ mind which, in return, make them delight. These are the strengths or the charm of literature that will not be found in any other type of works and should be maintained to sustain the literature in this globalization era. Lastly, don't let your passion dies.

May the force, the creativity, new ideas, the fuel, the inspiration, the bravery be with you and lead you to success in this literature world.