On May 10, 2025, the Eighth Discipline Review Group for Foreign Languages and Literatures of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council convened the Symposium on Innovation and Development of Foreign Languages and Literatures in the Digital-Intelligent Era in Chengdu. The meeting reviewed the discipline’s significant role in serving national strategies and promoting intercultural exchange, and reached four major consensuses in response to the opportunities and challenges brought by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. These include strengthening the disciplinary mission to advance the construction of China’s independent knowledge system; seizing digital-intelligent opportunities to innovate research paradigms and talent cultivation models; leveraging multilingual strengths to enhance the international communication effectiveness of Chinese narratives; and deepening country and area studies to contribute Chinese perspectives and wisdom to global governance. The meeting called on the discipline to actively respond to the demands of the times and to demonstrate its irreplaceable value.