积极开创新时代民间外交工作新局面

一、民间外交的定位和历史贡献周恩来总理指出:“中国的外交是官方的、半官方的和民间的三者结合起来的外交。”习近平总书记强调:“民间外交是增进人民友谊、促进国家关系发展的基础性工作,是国家总体外交的重要组成部分。”可见,民间外交也是外交,也是国家行为,根本目的是为了推动中外民相亲、心相通。对外工作中,除了官方的、半官方的,其他包括友好城市、企业、智库、媒体、社会组织和青年、妇女等自然人等都属于民间外交范畴和主体。民间外交具有主体多、领域广、资源丰、接地气、打基础等主要特点。

Actively Breaking New Ground in People-to-people Diplomacy in the New Era

People-to-people diplomacy is the fundamental work to enhance peoples’friendship and promote the development of international relations,and it is an essential part of a country’s overall diplomacy.Since its establishment,the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries(CPAFFC),under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee,has established a platform to connect five continents and interact at home and abroad.These rich resources have laid a solid foundation for the development of people-to-people diplomacy in the new era.Since the 18th Party Congress,we have adhered to Xi Jinping’s diplomatic thinking as our guide,actively promoted the Association’s transformation from a“doer”to a“planner”and a“momentum builder”,and completed the overall framework design of new orientation,new ideas,new layout,new pattern and new measures.Moreover,the CPAFFC strived to solve the“four problems”of having a place to talk,someone to talk,someone to listen and someone to believe,promoted international friendship cities in the new era with high quality and created a series of brand activities and demonstration sites of friendly cooperation with China.In the future,we will continue our efforts to play the“three major roles”of the Association in leading people-to-peole diplomacy,serving as the mainstay of public diplomacy and the bridge to city diplomacy,to build international consensus on the community of shared future for mankind,to enhance people-to-people and heart-to-heart contact between China and the outside world,to advance the themes of the times featuring peace,development and win-win cooperation,to better tell the stories of China,and to strengthen their cohesiveness of friendship with China.