Protecting China＇s Overseas National Interests in Changing International Circumstances： Experience of Western Countries and What China Should Do

Developed countries in the West always attach great importance to protection of their overseas interests. Since the end of World War II, governments of these countries have been making unremitting efforts to protect the economic interests of their businesses and nationals in foreign countries and work to ensure their safety and security by establishing an international order in their favor and by every possible means - diplomatic, political, economic, legal and even military. To study and learn from experiences and lessons of Western powers is of great practical significance for China to develop and perfect relevant mechanisms and policies in protecting its own overseas interests.