On 23 April 2022, the First Henan-Sarawak Great River Culture Conference was successfully held online and offline at University of Technology Sarawak. The conference was sponsored by North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power (NCWU) and UTS while co-organized by the Confucius Institute at UTS  Sarawak Chinese Cultural Association with the support from the Education Department of Henan province, the Foreign Affairs Office of Henan Provincial People's Government, the Chinese Embassy in Malaysia and the Chinese Consulate-General in Kuching.

The First Henan-Sarawak Great River Culture Conference focused on the topics of “Chinese Historical and Cultural Inheritance”, “Great River Culture”, “Water Culture” and “Water Ecological Conservation Governance” in China and Malaysia to explore the interactions between rivers, human civilization and Chinese civilization as well as to enrich the historical value, aesthetic value and philosophical value of the river culture. All interested parties in China and Malaysia are invited to submit their manuscripts. The scientific committee will select the outstanding manuscripts that will be presented during the conference and published in the conference proceedings. 

The conference was last for one day. After the opening ceremony, eight experts and scholars of the first prize winners from China and Malaysia gave presentations based on the theme of “Great River Culture” to discuss about the great river culture, inheritance of civilization and cultural exchanges.