Theoretical Analysis And Practical Exploration On China’s Neighboring Diplomacy

With the development of globalization, regionalization and informatization, therelations among countries become closer and closer. As a regional power with globalinfluences, China has been playing a growing role in the neighborhood. Currently,neighborhood has risen to the primacy position of China’s diplomatic layout. It’sextremely important and critical to maintain peace and prosperity in the neighborhoodfor China and the whole region. Therefore, it’s increasingly urgent to have asystematic summary and analysis of China’s neighboring diplomatic practices, buildand improve China’s neighboring diplomatic theory.China’s neighboring diplomacy is based on China’s cultural traditions, such asthe world philosophy, fairness and justice, inclusive and mutual learning, and otherideas, which have gone through thousands of years. It reflects connotations of bigpowers’ diplomatic theory with Chinese characteristics, including peacefuldevelopment, new regionalism, new security concept, and strategic partnership withall the neighbors. It can provide guidance to the China’s foreign policy from variousaspects.Theory and practice are mutually complementary. Based on the developmentexperiences and economic power from its reform and opening-up policy, China seeksto promote friendly partnership, boost economic cooperation, and stabilize a securityenvironment with its neighbors. China is working with its neighbors to promotecommon development by sharing responsibilities, roadmap and interests.China’s neighboring diplomatic theory is different from Western diplomaticthoughts and logics, reflecting commonalities between diplomatic concepts betweenChina and its neighbors. It has made timely critical contributions to their neighboringdiplomatic concepts. Faced with the new normal of changing regional situation, Chinaactively maintains regional stability with guidance of its neighboring diplomatictheory. China’s neighboring diplomatic theory is an important component oftheoretical system about its diplomacy, and gradually reshapes and improves bigpower diplomatic theory with Chinese characteristics. China has drawn a wealth of experiences from decades of diplomatic practices inthe neighborhood, transformed foreign policy into external strategy, diplomaticconcepts into theory. China has established the theoretical framework and strategiclayout of its neighboring diplomacy, which reflects transformation and innovation ofChina’s diplomacy. This will push China to be more proactive in its neighborhood. Infuture, China will shoulder its responsibility to strengthen its bilateral and multilateralrelations with its neighbors to consolidate regional development and prosperity.