On June 7, the academic symposium on China’s Neighborhood Diplomacy and the Construction of an International Discourse System was held at Jilin International Studies University (JISU). President Qin He attended the opening ceremony and delivered a welcome speech. Addresses were also given by Mr. Yu Hongjun, former Vice-Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, Liu Lixin, Party Secretary and President of the Jilin Provincial Academy of Social Sciences.
This academic symposium was hosted by Jilin International Studies University and co-hosted by its School of Occidental Languages, Institute of Area & Country Studies, and Jilin Provincial Base for Translation Studies on Northeast-Asian Area Studies Literature. More than 30 experts and scholars from well-known domestic and foreign universities and scientific research institutions, including Tsinghua University, Northeast Normal University, Shanghai International Studies University, and National University of Defense Technology, gathered together to conduct in-depth discussions around the conference theme.
President Qin He attended the opening ceremony and delivered a welcome speech
Yu Hongjun, former Vice Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a speech
Liu Lixin, Secretary of Party leadership Group and President of Jilin Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a speech
At the symposium, the Jilin Provincial Academy of Social Sciences and Jilin International Studies University signed a strategic cooperation agreement.The two sides will carry out in-depth cooperation in scientific research, talent cultivation and academic exchanges to jointly advance area and country studies.
President Qin He signed a strategic cooperation agreement on behalf of the JISU with Jilin Academy of Social Sciences
At the symposium, experts systematically reviewed the historical evolution of China’s neighboring diplomacy and conducted in-depth analyses of the connotations and innovations of its regional diplomacy strategy in the new era. Their research covered Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and the post-Soviet region, providing substantial theoretical and practical references for China's comprehensive peripheral diplomacy. Furthermore, experts held in-depth discussions on issues including the building of international discourse power, the co-construction of discourse in China-Africa people-to-people exchanges, and the impact of digital society on the construction of the international discourse system.
The successful symposium is of great theoretical value and practical significance for promoting innovation in the theory and practice of China’s neighboring diplomacy and for enhancing China’s discourse power and influence within the international discourse system.It has also injected new vitality into area studies and foreign exchanges and cooperation in Jilin Province.
Site of the Academic Symposium on China’s Neighborhood Diplomacy and Building an International Discourse System
Neighborhood diplomacy is a key component of China’s foreign strategy. JISU has long focused on national neighboring-diplomacy needs, converting language competence into diplomatic soft power and discursive influence, and actively participating in the shift from “passive response” to “proactive shaping” in building China’s international discourse system.With the “Global Village”—a symbol of multicultural integration—as its physical platform for advancing area studies and disciplinary development, JISU has conducted a series of exploratory and innovative studies on national-condition surveys, historical-document translation, Chinese-culture outbound communication, and China-foreign cultural comparisons in Northeast Asia, Central Asia & the Middle East, and Central & Eastern Europe, thereby providing intellectual support for national diplomatic strategy, high-quality development in Jilin, and the province’s opening-up to Northeast-Asian regional cooperation.
