w88 casino News Network (Reporter Zhang Hefei)4month10Sunday afternoon330:30, the "Ambassador Forum of Foreign Language Culture Festival" organized by the w88 casino of Foreign Languages was held in the Chengxin International Conference Hall on the third floor. This event is one of the preliminary activities of the annual Foreign Language Culture Festival. Cai Fangbai, the former Chinese Ambassador to Switzerland and France, was invited to give a speech. The theme of his speech was "The Current Situation and Future of Sino-French Relations."
Before the forum officially started, Chen Jianxiang, deputy secretary of the w88 casino party committee, and Xu Song, secretary of the Youth League branch, had cordial talks with Ambassador Cai Fangbai in the small conference room. In addition, guests attending this forum include Tian Wenquan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Branch of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages, Zhao Fengqin, Secretary of the Youth League Branch,06-level counselor Zhang Jianping and teacher representatives from the French Department.
Former Ambassador to France Cai Fangbai analyzes Sino-French relations
Cai Fangbai,1987Year to Year1990Served as Chinese Ambassador to Switzerland,1990year to year1998Served as China's ambassador to France.1998Year10When he left office in March, French President Chirac personally awarded him the Legion of Honor of France at the level of Grand General in recognition of his contribution to the development of Sino-French relations.1998Year1month30日, French President Chirac was invited to Cai Fangbai’s official residence to spend the Chinese New Year. Levitt, the presidential foreign affairs adviser, said, "It is unprecedented for a French president to accept a banquet from a foreign envoy in France." Cai Fangbai also served as deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress, president of the China French Studies Association, and president of the Chinese Former Diplomats Association. He has made outstanding contributions in different positions.
At the beginning of the forum, Cai Fangbai narrowed the distance with the teachers and students of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages by saying, "I am also a student of foreign languages." He then told in detail the stories behind the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, such as President de Gaulle sending former Prime Minister Faure to China to secretly submit a handwritten letter of his intention to establish diplomatic relations, Premier Zhou's ingenious arrangements when negotiations were difficult, and the "three-point tacit understanding" reached before the establishment of diplomatic relations.
Cai Fangbai divided the development of Sino-French relations into four stages. After the establishment of diplomatic relations, Sino-French relations have generally been smooth, but they have also encountered many difficulties. Regarding the twists and turns that have occurred in the past year or two, he explained that there are three main reasons: first, the profound changes in the world structure, and China has increasingly become an important factor affecting the evolution of the international system; second, France has been sluggish in the past one or two decades, and its economic aggregate has dropped from the fourth in the world to the sixth in the world. In order to divert public attention, the new French government blamed China's development for France's decline; third, the influence of "Western-centrism" still exists, and France has difficulty adapting to China's rapid development in recent years.
Cai Fangbai is cautiously optimistic about the future direction of Sino-French relations. He believes that the main reasons are: in the face of changes in the international landscape, promoting global multi-polar development is the common goal of China and France; economically, China and France still play a major role in complementarity; culturally, both countries also advocate cultural diversity and advocate dialogue between different civilizations to resolve differences.
The two-hour lecture benefited a lot from the teachers and students present. Two students raised issues involving the economy and politics of China and France. Cai Fangbai said, "This question is very important" and gave a detailed answer.
