2018年9月13日至14日，非洲研究中心李湘云老师应邀参加2018年金华中非文化合作交流周暨中非经贸合作论坛，该论坛由浙江师范大学和金华市人民政府共同主办。来自非洲国家的采购商和商协会成员，以及省市相关部门和商协会负责人、国内非洲研究领域权威专家、文化学者、金华企业代表约600人参加了会议。

论坛期间，李湘云老师参加了由浙江师范大学非洲研究院、浙江师范大学美术学院、金华市文化广电新闻出版局承办的平行论坛“中非文化合作交流示范区建设研讨会”。来自北京、上海、香港、长春等地的40余名专家学者参加了研讨会。李湘云老师以《新时代中非艺术交流——基于非洲音乐的几点思考》为题做了发言。她认为，非洲音乐独具特色。非洲音乐在国内的传播日益广泛。中非音乐交流在音乐教育、学者研究等方面有较大的交流空间。

From September 13 to 14, 2018, Li Xiangyun from the Center of African Studies of Yunnan University(CASYNU) was invited to participate in the 2018 Jinhua China-Africa Cultural Cooperation and Exchange Week and the China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum, which was jointly hosted by Zhejiang Normal University and the Jinhua Municipal People's Government. About 600 people from African countries, including buyers and business associations, as well as provincial and municipal departments and business association leaders, domestic African research experts, cultural scholars, and Jinhua enterprise representatives attended the meeting.

During the forum, Li Xiangyun participated in the parallel forum “Seminar on the Construction of China-Africa Cultural Cooperation and Exchange Demonstration Zone”. More than 40 experts and scholars from Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Changchun attended the seminar. Li Xiangyun made a speech on "The New Age of China-Africa Art Exchange - Reflections on African Music". She believes that African music is unique. The spread of African music in China is increasingly widespread. The music exchange between China and Africa has a large space for communication in music education and scholar research.