The Rearch On Zhang Wentian’s Diplomatic Thoughts And Practice

Since the founding of The People’s Republic of China, Zhang Wentian hasworked in China’s diplomatic stage for nearly ten years. Under the guidance ofMarxist, he insists on executing and developing the Chinese basic principles ofpeaceful coexistence which influenced by Mao Zedong’s and Zhou Enlai’sdiplomatic thoughts. His distinctive diplomatic idea has formed in a broad range ofdiplomatic practice.This paper mainly discusses Zhang Wentian’s diplomatic thoughts from threeaspects. The first part is mainly talk about the formation of Zhang WenTian’sdiplomatic thought conditions; the international background is the context of coldwar. The domestic background is the new foundation of The People’s Republic ofChina, our country faced with the beginning of diplomatic situation. ZhangWentian’s diplomatic thoughts is comes from extensive diplomatic practice andoutstanding personality. At the same time, his diplomatic thoughts are influenced bythe Chinese traditional culture and the advanced culture in the world. The secondpart is the main content of Zhang Wentian’s diplomatic thoughts and diplomaticpractice. In10years of his diplomatic career, he has served as ambassador to theSoviet union and deputy foreign minister of Chinese and other important duties; Heemphasizes on promoting international exchange and developing of the internationalcooperation from his claim of equal contact between countries; Dealing with the"left" tendency of international relations; Advocating the relationship of equalcontact between countries. The third part tells that the characteristics of ZhangWentian’s diplomatic practice. We can draw a conclusion that the significance ofZhang Wentian’s diplomatic thoughts and diplomatic practice on the basis of hisdiplomatic practice characteristics.Zhang WenTian’s diplomatic thoughts and diplomatic practice has theprospective of the reality, through the analysis of his diplomatic theory, we cansummarize that his diplomatic theories still has a great significance in contemporaryera.