[AI Summary]: Nanjing University has established the International Consortium for Civilization Laboratories, bringing together over 30 prestigious universities including Oxford, Cambridge, UCLA, Heidelberg, Peking University, and Tsinghua University. The consortium aims to create an academic community with shared values and collaborative research capabilities in digital civilization studies. The initiative focuses on five key areas: civilization distant reading, exploration of civilization origins, heritage preservation, cultural fusion, and cross-civilization exchange. The consortium will leverage AI and digital technologies to break down data silos and academic barriers, advancing knowledge, theoretical, and methodological innovation in digital civilization research. Projects include digital preservation of nearly 3,000 ancient Chinese cities and systematic analysis of civilizational spiritual genealogies through cultural distant reading.