Economic diplomacy

Author: Zhou Yongsheng
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Publish Date: 2004-02-18
Features: This book includes: an overview of economic diplomacy; the origins of economic diplomacy; economic diplomacy ideology, policies, and national development strategies. The key points of this book mainly include the following aspects: (1) Innovating the concept of economic diplomacy by shifting the focus from "government" as the main subject to "nation" as the main subject, and adding "interstate international organizations" as additional subjects. (2) Tracing the origins of economic diplomacy back to ancient times, conducting empirical research on economic diplomacy during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. This demonstrates that rich economic diplomatic activities already existed in ancient times. (3) Exploring and comparatively studying the economic diplomatic institutions and mechanisms of the United States, Japan, and China. (4) Discussing and addressing other important theoretical issues related to "economic diplomacy," such as its relationship with "globalization," as well as its connections with national interests, international political economy, national development strategies, and economic development. It emphasizes that economic diplomacy is a crucial means for safeguarding a nation's overall interests and its sub-interests in economic, political, and security aspects. (5) Describing the main experiences and achievements of China's economic diplomacy after the reform and opening-up. It focuses on elaborating how China gradually expanded its openness, strengthened its determination and confidence in deepening reforms through exploration and struggles, and actively and steadily integrated into the world. (6) Proposing and arguing for the establishment of a forward-looking model of international economic diplomacy, promoting the creation of a new international political economic order. (7) Summarizing the lessons learned from economic diplomacy and offering policy recommendations for China and the world's future economic diplomacy. (8) Proposing China's foreign expansion strategy, which should prioritize tasks clearly. In the realm of international political economy, it emphasizes the importance of the economy; in terms of regional and global geographical scope, it highlights East Asian economic cooperation. This book also designs a comprehensive policy framework for economic diplomacy to serve the Western China economic development drive.