The Research Of Chengdu City Diploma

City diplomacy is a kind of sub-state actors' foreign exchange activities on the premise of safeguarding national sovereignty and national interests,and it is an important form of enriching inter-state exchanges.It has been proved that the development of city diplomacy benefit on both countries and localities.With the increasing number of friendly cities between China and foreign cities,city diplomacy has become an emerging research field in China in recent ten years.This thesis chooses Chengdu as the research object,for Chengdu is currently the national key development center city.Because of Chengdu has a long history and profound cultural background,and its foreign exchanges are earlier than some cities of the eastern coast coastal such as Shanghai and the Special Economic Zones :Shenzhen,Xiamen and so on.Relevant historical studies show that Chengdu was the origin of the "Southern Silk Road" in Qin-han Dynasty.As an inland city,As an inland city,Chengdu' s development of urban diplomacy in the new era is no behind than that of coastal cities which have better geographical conditions.The strategy of "The Belt and Road" will soaring wings to the internationalization of Chengdu and Chengdu' s city diplomacy will also make great progress.This thesis defines and decomposes the concepts of "diplomacy" combine the existing research with my opinions and then gives an appropriate definition of "city diplomacy".As Chengdu' s economic development in Sichuan Province presents a situation which stands head and shoulders above others,the author considers that Chengdu,as a central city,should promote the development of the surrounding cities so as to achieve coordinated development.The author extends Chengdu' s city diplomacy in a broad sense to the foreign exchanges of Sichuan' s foreign friendly provinces and states.This thesis makes a comprehensive analysis of Chengdu' s city diplomacy in advantages and difficulties.It concludes that Chengdu' s city diplomacy development should be optimized in terms of system,economy and culture.