“跨国城市网络”对中国城市公共外交的意义及现实路径

Transnational City Network: a Realistic Choice for China’s City Public Diplomacy

在当下的国际政治变局之下,以国家和政府为主体所开展的公共外交受到的阻碍越来越多,而城市无论是在全球治理还是在对外传播领域都具有独特的优势。在国家的政策倡导下,中国城市在公共外交方面开展了诸多有益实践,逐步构建了日益完善的国际交流与合作网络。“跨国城市网络”为深化城市的对外交往、促进信息和观念的传播、塑造良好的城市形象提供了一个稳定、可信的制度化平台。在新的国际背景下,中国城市应提升目标,以战略思维参与并倡导建立“议题导向”型跨国城市网络,深度参与国际多边组织与全球治理,提升城市的话语权,拓展现有的双边、多边网络,提升全球伙伴关系,为城市公共外交创造新的路径和新的增长点。

Under the impact of current international political changes,public diplomacy performed by countries and governments is meeting increasing difficulties.Against this backdrop,cities are enjoying unique advantages in both global governance and international communication.Guided by China’s national policies,cities in the country have made fruitful practices in public diplomacy and gradually built a network of international exchanges and cooperation which is increasingly improving.The“transnational city network”has provided a stable and credible institutionalized platform for deepening cities’exchanges with the outside world,promoting communication,exchange of ideas as well as shaping their favorable images.In the new international context,Chinese cities should set higher goals,advocate the establishment of a“topic-oriented”transnational urban network with a strategic mindset,and deeply participate in international multilateral organizations and global governance by enhancing cities’voices,so as to expand the existing bilateral and multilateral networks,promote global partnerships,open new paths and create growth points of urban public diplomacy.