What is a great power after 1945? Experts discuss the achievements and experience of New China's diplomacy
Recently, the first academic forum on the "History of Contemporary Chinese Diplomacy" was held in Shanghai. Experts at the forum summarized the achievements and experiences of New China's diplomacy over the past 75 years and talked about the highlights and characteristics of major power diplomacy in the new era.
Over the past 75 years, under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China, China's diplomacy has overcome difficulties to safeguard national independence, sovereignty and dignity, provided escort for reform, opening up and modernization, and continued to strive and forge ahead as socialism with Chinese characteristics enters a new era.
Independence is the cornerstone of China's diplomacy, the world for all is the vision of China's diplomacy, fairness and justice are the persistence of China's diplomacy, mutual benefit and win-win are the pursuit of China's diplomacy, serving development is the mission of China's diplomacy, and diplomacy for the people is the purpose of China's diplomacy.
Tsinghua University professor Liu Jiangyong said that China is moving towards the center of the world stage, and the international community is paying attention to China's position and looking forward to China's attitude. The four principles of sustainable security proposed by Chinese leaders are important guidelines for China to cope with the changes in the world under the new situation.
Gong Li, a professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, suggested that scholars who study the history of Chinese diplomacy need to have a historical perspective, a strategic perspective, and a Chinese stance, and be more proactive in engaging in dialogue with the international academic community.
"The study of diplomatic history is actually the intersection of historical and political studies." Professor Zhang Qingmin of Peking University believes that the study of Chinese diplomatic history needs to further grasp the diversity of connotations and the differences of objects, and further promote the connection and interaction with the study of contemporary Chinese history. He called for more global contemporary Chinese history research to require not only ontological awareness, but also an international perspective, seeking research perspectives from an international perspective, seeking research directions by taking root in the local area, and then discovering China "outside of China."
Liu Debin, a professor at Jilin University, put forward three suggestions for the study of China's diplomatic history: first, focus on the comparative study of the diplomatic history of major powers; second, attach importance to the study of the formation and changes of "self" and "other" in China's diplomatic history; third, deepen the study of major power strategies and answer the historical question of "what is a major power after 1945".
In a report titled "Technological Competition among Major Powers and Transformation of the International Order in the Context of the Fourth Scientific and Technological Revolution," Han Zhaoying, a professor at Nankai University, introduced that technological competition among major powers is increasingly focused on key core technologies such as artificial intelligence, clean energy, unmanned control technology, quantum information technology, virtual reality, and biotechnology. It is sovereign, interconnected, multiplicative, and uncertain, and may accelerate the global technological divide.
In his closing remarks, Fudan University Professor Su Changhe emphasized that "if one wants to prosper a country, one must first correct its history," and called for strengthening the narrative of contemporary Chinese diplomatic history to further provide historical legitimacy and logical rationality for China as a global political power.
The forum was hosted by the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Fudan University and the History Research Magazine of the Chinese Academy of History. Chen Zhimin, Vice President of Fudan University, and Jiao Bing, Editor-in-Chief of the History Research Magazine, delivered opening speeches.
