The report of the 18th National Congress of the CPC for the first time put forward that "We will take solid steps to promote public diplomacy as well as people-to-people and cultural exchanges",and has eleva...The report of the 18th National Congress of the CPC for the first time put forward that "We will take solid steps to promote public diplomacy as well as people-to-people and cultural exchanges",and has elevated public diplomacy and people-topeople and cultural exchanges to the status of consolidating the social foundation for state-tostate relations,which highlights the展开更多
Purpose:The article discusses the relationship between the human resource traditions of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation(FOCAC)and those supported by the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI),and in particular by the Ed...Purpose:The article discusses the relationship between the human resource traditions of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation(FOCAC)and those supported by the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI),and in particular by the Education Action Plan for the Belt and Road Initiative,issued by the Chinese Ministry of Education(MOE)in 2016.Design/Approach/Methods:The article draws upon discourse analysis of both the FOCAC Ⅵ and Ⅶ documents and the key MOE 2016 Action Plan.Findings:Given the trans-continental coverage of the BRI,it is suggested that its ambitious pledges in respect of education and human resource development(HRD)actually complement or even exceed the commitments made by FOCAC Ⅵ and Ⅶ.Originality/Value:This is the first article explicitly to compare the HRD pledges of FOCAC with those associated with BRI’s Education Action Plan.展开更多
文摘The report of the 18th National Congress of the CPC for the first time put forward that "We will take solid steps to promote public diplomacy as well as people-to-people and cultural exchanges",and has elevated public diplomacy and people-topeople and cultural exchanges to the status of consolidating the social foundation for state-tostate relations,which highlights the
文摘Purpose:The article discusses the relationship between the human resource traditions of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation(FOCAC)and those supported by the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI),and in particular by the Education Action Plan for the Belt and Road Initiative,issued by the Chinese Ministry of Education(MOE)in 2016.Design/Approach/Methods:The article draws upon discourse analysis of both the FOCAC Ⅵ and Ⅶ documents and the key MOE 2016 Action Plan.Findings:Given the trans-continental coverage of the BRI,it is suggested that its ambitious pledges in respect of education and human resource development(HRD)actually complement or even exceed the commitments made by FOCAC Ⅵ and Ⅶ.Originality/Value:This is the first article explicitly to compare the HRD pledges of FOCAC with those associated with BRI’s Education Action Plan.