Preliminary Exploration On China Cultural Diplomacy

As Culture is used in a nation's foreign policy more and more, the cultural diplomacy becomes a new subject in the international relationship research field. It is different from the military diplomacy and the economic diplomacy, but they are for the national interest in the same way. In 1961, it was affirmed that the culture exchanging is a part of a nation's foreign affair in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. In the international relationship research field, there was a peak of cultural diplomacy researching after the Cold War ended. Since the Opening Policy is getting further and further, China gets in more and more touch with the other nations. It becomes the most important point in the foreign policy to make a right cultural diplomacy. Chinese has a long history and so it gives a brilliant ancient civilization and historical culture. Based on the rich achievement of Chinese culture, we can study the form and quality of the cultural diplomacy with the Chinese character. That will make our foreign policy have various kinds and will take great progress. This essay sets forth the definition, quality, ways for communication and means for accomplishment of the cultural diplomacy, and the historical significance of carrying out the cultural diplomacy as well. It also shows the peace idea of Chinese traditional culture. It stresses that the Chinese cultural diplomacy will be performed by the Chinese culture and for the world's developing and peace. Chinese cultural diplomacy has its own character and its own experience. Chinese cultural diplomacy has unique significance for the world's advancing. The essay emphasizes the restricting factors of the Chinese cultural diplomacy. And at last it gives a developing direction of Chinese cultural diplomacy. That needs us to develop our economy, science and technology, put our managing system of the external culture policy into the perfect, enhance the international exchanging and cooperating. Try our best to make our cultural diplomacy perform best for our nation and the world.