Chinese Communist Party British Labour Relations And Education

China and Britain have had an increasingly close link since founding of People’sRepublic of China, two countries whose relationship influences the internationalcommunity. In the course of their contact stands out inter-party exchange. Labor Party,one of the two major parties in Britain, has been regarded to be important by ChineseCommunist Party. And Labor Party’s recent course of13years of ruling has witnessedleap-frog development of relationship between the two parties and the two countries.So it is believed that study of relationship between Chinese Communist Party andLabor Party is conducive to the overall situation.This thesis first stresses importance of the relationship between the two partiesfrom the perspective from international relationship, Social Parties International andBritish Party Politics Landscape. Then the course of contact between the two parties isdescribed by being divided into three periods, namely, from1949to1970s, from1970s to late1990s, from late1990s to2012, with holding of the third plenary sessionof the eleventh central committee of CCP and Hong Kong’s returning to China asmarking events.Next, the contact is discussed in details. In terms of form, the contact includeshigh-level mutual visit, annual meeting and China forum, Chinese and British youthstatesmen forum, symposiums, lectures and informal discussions. In terms ofcharacteristics, the contact is diverse, continual, and punctual; it is systematic;mechanisms have been established.Then, the influencing factors of contact between the two parties are analyzed,which are, international situation, national foreign strategy, economic interests, andparty interests. And it is supposed that among the four factors the core is partyinterests.Finally, problems of contract between the two parties are explored, which are,cultural difference, division in international relationship outlook, gap between stanceof Labor Party and that of the Labor Party-controlled government. And withsuggestions being made to tackle these problems, future of relationship between thetwo parties is predicted.