In September 2013 and October, the president Xi Jinping's visit to Kazakhstan and Indonesia, respectively, proposed "Silk Road Economic Belt" and "twenty-first Century Maritime Silk Road strategic vision, March 2014, Premier Li Keqiang pointed out in the" government work report "to pay close attention to planning" The Belt and Road construction, launched a number of major projects to support. Accelerate infrastructure interoperability, expand new space foundation for international economic cooperation. "The Belt and Road initiative to get widespread attention at home and abroad, become the hot parties and actively integrate into the strategy. Which is particularly active is the local government, the provinces from their actual development of docking programs have come up with contact "The Belt and Road" strategy. This is the local government to speed up the process of opening up and provide a favorable opportunity to strengthen the local diplomatic development, the development of local foreign affairs in turn to "The Belt and Road" construction. According to the results of previous studies, focuses on the opportunities and challenges facing China local diplomatic conditions The Belt and Road "policy, and puts forward the countermeasures, aims to expand the local diplomatic research space, to provide suggestions for the foreign relations of the local government, in order to better serve the" The Belt and Road "strategic situation.
Local Diplomacy: an important component of the country's overall diplomacy
The diplomatic history of world diplomacy is the interactive process of all kinds of actors in international relations. From the fifth Century BC, the ancient Greek city of the main body of intensive exchanges, to the city of Italy in the year of the frequent interaction between the different nature of the political actors in their respective regions to carry out the corresponding diplomatic activities of the. Since 1648 the peace of Westphalia, the sovereign state became a diplomatic representative, the total process of National Center paradigm dominates human diplomatic activities, claiming that the country is the subject of international relations at all and only, only foreign sovereign state political activities. With the deepening of economic globalization, globalization brings global diffusion problems more "localization" and "local" countries face a reshuffle of the power structure, namely the power and scope of the countries affected and even weakened. The diplomatic power of the state is spreading to various departments and extending longitudinally to different levels. The main body of international political activities is gradually diversified. The decentralization of power leads to the diversification trend of diplomatic activities, and the connotation of diplomacy is enlarged. As a new form of diplomacy, the performance of local diplomacy has gradually emerged and become the focal point of the "new Medieval doctrine" in international relations.
As a generalization of the concept of diplomacy, the so-called local diplomacy refers to the local government's foreign exchange activities under the guidance of the central government policy. Local diplomacy is an important part of the overall diplomacy of the country, under the guidance of the central government to engage in foreign exchanges, is a formal official diplomacy between the state and the general public diplomacy between the semi official diplomacy. Local diplomacy has distinct characteristics. One is the main body for the local government, including provincial and other sub national actors. Two is the goal of non political and security, focusing on economic, cultural, educational, environmental protection, social welfare and other areas of governance. The three is the flexibility and flexibility of the way, that is, with respect to civil diplomacy, with a more formal official color; compared with the central official diplomacy, Fu contains more unofficial connotations.
Local diplomacy has multiple functions. First, with the country's overall diplomacy, as the national exchanges, the second platform to fill the gaps in the central government diplomacy, to achieve the unity of the diversity of the two. As part of the State Administration of foreign exchanges, the local government exercise the corresponding functions in the Constitution and the legal authority, the central government can participate in poor treatment matters, reduce the working pressure of the central government, to avoid the risk of the state's overall diplomacy bear, expand the country outside the delivery space; two is the communication with the outside world, promoting local governance modernization. To promote local economic development and social progress. The essence of local diplomacy is to achieve the goal of self-development, and to actively participate in international affairs. The national government through diplomacy, the concepts and experiences of capital, technology, access to external, to promote regional integration into the globalization process, improve the international level, realize the modernization of governance; the three is to focus on global governance issues, play an important role in international affairs. By actively "go out", different countries rely on local government to solve the issues of bilateral or multilateral path to promote climate change, human rights protection, epidemic prevention, city counter-terrorism and other non-traditional security; four is to promote regional and sub regional integration. The new functionalism theory puts forward the "spillover effect", that is, the cooperative domain has the characteristics of inter domain transmission. This kind of transmission is largely dependent on the interaction of sub national actors, especially in the tension between countries.
Of course, the function of local diplomacy plays an important role in the political structure and discourse system. Relatively speaking, the federal state has greater diplomatic powers, the Constitution clearly limited diplomatic power, diplomatic style highlights. Such as the implementation of the federal system of the United States "California diplomacy" has a distinctive Pacific attribute, Germany's "Bavaria diplomacy" has significant conservation. Due to the constitutional restrictions and historical factors, the local government is restricted by the government. However, with the development of the trend of economic globalization and the flattening of power, the diplomatic power of the sub state actors in the unitary state is gradually expanding.
As a unitary state, China's local diplomacy has a unique development process. From the perspective of the modernization of Chinese diplomacy since 1860s, the local government plays an important role in foreign relations. Especially with the narrowing of the local government's control, there is an abnormal local diplomatic climax. Such as the 1900 movement and the North Eight Power Allied forces on the occasion, the south two governor Liu Kunyi, viceroy Zhang Zhidong and viceroy of Li Hongzhang was signed "agreement" mutual protection in the southeast of England and France, agreed to remain neutral on the situation. In the early Republic of China, because of the anarchy warlordism and the state, the local government has a high degree of autonomy, freedom to deal with foreign agenda. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the state has changed the pattern of division, the state has exercised the diplomatic power, and the local government has been engaged in economic and cultural affairs related to the region under the guidance and authorization of the central government. In 1978, China opened the great cause of reform and opening up, in order to meet the needs of opening to the outside world and the development of the economy, the central government to properly decentralization, the local government to grant more power to conduct foreign exchanges. The result is that local governments are more involved in China's foreign and national security decisions. The party's eighteen report also clearly pointed out that promoting exchanges between local governments and the people, help to consolidate the social foundation of national diplomacy". It should be said, has a long history as the unification of unitary state, Chinese has been a tradition of centralization, emphasize the central vertical to the local governance, the existence of "unify is dead, put random" cycle. The connotation and extension of Chinese local diplomacy is narrower than that of the western countries. The local foreign contacts are limited in the level of economy and culture, and they are guided and coordinated by the central government.
At present, there are various forms of local diplomacy in china. A local home court diplomacy, the local government hosted international conferences, exhibitions, games and other international activities; two is the city diplomacy, namely the behavior of city volume and other developing countries very friendly relations; three is the border provinces to actively participate in regional cooperation with neighboring areas; four is the local government to participate in the multinational among local governments the organization or forum, such as China and Russia among local governments "Mesopotamia" mechanism.
The diversity of the forms of China's local diplomacy brings about diversification. First, it can complement, complement and support the central government to promote the overall development of the country. The local foreign affairs containing official character, can cooperate with "the implementation of The Belt and Road" national strategy. Local diplomacy also has the flexibility, can play a special role in the case of national relations. In 1989 the Sino US high-level exchanges after freezing, when he was party secretary of Shanghai Zhu Rongji and Wuhan city mayor and other five joint visit, Sino US open communication situation to a certain extent; the two is to improve the country's image, as the public diplomacy platform. Place is an important window to observe China in foreign countries, and it plays an irreplaceable role in the construction of national image. Effective local diplomacy can enhance the overall image of the country, enhance the international influence of Chinese culture, promote the development of national public diplomacy; three, promote the prosperity and development of local economy and society. Local diplomacy is conducive to the expansion of foreign economic and cultural ties, enhance the level of internationalization, and enhance local international competitiveness. Since the reform and opening up, the rapid development of coastal provinces and the positive and promising place is inseparable from the diplomatic.
Local diplomacy is the inevitable outcome of the development of globalization, which fully demonstrates the flat nature of the real world, and is conducive to the optimization of the allocation of resources. With the process of integration into the international community and to speed up the opening level, especially the "The Belt and Road" initiative to promote local diplomacy, Chinese will be greater degree of development, the local diplomatic status in the country's overall diplomacy will be further improved, in place under the support of the Central Government Foreign diplomatic field, level, level and dimensions will increase.
Two, "The Belt and Road construction has become a local diplomatic opportunity
As a national strategic decision is of great international influence, "The Belt and Road" initiative by the parties concerned, in particular received a warm response in local government, to carry out effective local diplomacy provides an opportunity. If the policy of reform and opening up opens a door for the China where diplomacy, as a new round of opening up strategy "into the power source The Belt and Road construction for local diplomacy development.
First of all, "economic diplomacy attribute The Belt and Road" initiative to fit characteristics of local diplomacy. Despite the political security considerations, but the top-level design "The Belt and Road" is essentially a kind of economic diplomacy strategy, is the core concept of open competition, mutual tolerance and mutual development through regional economic cooperation to build a community of interests and a common destiny. "Belt and Road Initiative" initiative has a profound and complicated international political background, which deepen security dilemma facing the region and global power game intensified, Chinese hopes hard soft economic response to the U.S. Asia Pacific rebalancing, the countries in the region to economic development track. "Economic diplomacy attribute The Belt and Road" to create a favorable condition for local governments to carry out local diplomacy, namely the two have the same connotation and spiritual essence. Local diplomacy has a clear economic driving characteristics, local governments to strengthen international cooperation as an essential part of sustainable development strategy. In fact, the local diplomatic goals is more limited, relying on independent foreign exchanges, through positive internationalization strategy, realizing the international interests of local development and local economic society, with less security strategic level concerns, especially more involved in non sovereign affairs, foreign exchanges conducive to local government. "More power in the economic attribute of foreign exchanges The Belt and Road" initiative of local governments can be reduced, from security and sovereignty policy pressure. "The Belt and Road" initiative and local diplomacy traits fit is the logical product of diplomatic socialization, is the inevitable result of the central government policy guidance, will promote the development of local foreign affairs in the "The Belt and Road" policy environment.
Secondly, "The Belt and Road construction is conducive to the inherent power of the activation of the local diplomacy. The essence of diplomacy is to seek the interests of the community to resolve differences, to maximize the interests of. The most important consideration of local diplomacy is the local government as the main body of independent interests, relying on foreign exchanges to achieve economic development and social progress. Since the reform and opening up, with the gradual internationalization of the realization of local interests, it is a common practice for local governments to achieve the vision of development through an active policy of opening to the outside world. In particular, the development of the world market makes the local governments want to break through the restrictions of the state, and maintain their own interests by actively communicating with foreign countries. "Belt and Road Initiative" initiative, the local government to meet the internal needs of foreign trade and economic cooperation, improve the level of opening and development, realize the economic demands of local development, have active docking this strategy. It can be said, "Belt and Road Initiative" is one of the most successful initiatives to attract central local participation in foreign economic cooperation. In 2014, the local government work report referred to the "The Belt and Road" more than 5 provinces, 31 provinces in 2015 were made the butt The Belt and Road "strategic task. This is closely related to the current Chinese economy into the new normal and local governments facing the arduous task of industrial restructuring and upgrading. A number of provinces in the country Chinese facing downward pressure on foreign trade, and expand economic and trade cooperation The Belt and Road along the country is to resolve the problem of the good agent. "The Belt and Road" strategy for all see win-win cooperation with broken sleepy opportunity to "go out" as the development of the express and "booster". To this end, the local government actively occupy the initiative in the "The Belt and Road" construction, promote the development of foreign trade and economic transformation and upgrading. As early as in the "The Belt and Road" strategy put forward at the beginning of the Shaanxi provincial government delegation to visit Kazakhstan, reached consensus in the deep processing of agricultural products.
Again, for the implementation of "The Belt and Road" initiative, decentralization policy taken by the central government is beneficial to the development of the regional diplomacy. The communication between countries and reached a strategic agreement after all foreign exchanges to rely on local, enterprises and individuals can blossom and air plant. In many cases, the role of the local government in the economy, the central government can not be replaced. "Belt and Road Initiative" initiative is a global strategic vision, local governments at all levels, to promote the "Belt and Road Initiative strategy really landing key strength and specific implementation. In March 2014, the central government issued "to promote the construction of Silk Road Economic Belt and twenty-first Century Maritime Silk Road vision and action", and actively encourage all regions to play a regional comparative advantages, the implementation of a more proactive opening-up strategy, to carry out cross-border cooperation with neighboring countries, to raise the overall level of the open economy. Due to various provinces and autonomous regions with unique geographical distribution, resource endowment and development, local governments to actively support and cooperation is an important part of effective implementation of The Belt and Road "initiative. In the opinion of the central government, China diplomacy needs down to earth in 31 provinces, is to promote national diplomacy "The Belt and Road" strategic interconnection with neighboring countries in infrastructure, land economic corridor, maritime cooperation fulcrum construction, specific practice for promoting cultural exchanges and cooperation of the subject. In carrying out the "The Belt and Road" in the process of construction, the central government to mobilize local enthusiasm, using a variety of opportunities for economic and social development of the "platform" the place, make full use of regional and local government to the grassroots level information superiority, promote the innovation of government functions, especially liberalization to promote direct investment approval and the right of foreign exchanges. The central diplomatic decentralization promoted the increase of provinces and autonomous regions in the Department of foreign affairs and foreign power discourse autonomy promotion, conducive to local governments to better carry out foreign exchange activities, promote local foreign exchanges channels, level, scale and level to get the expansion and upgrade of the hitherto unknown.
Finally, "The Belt and Road along the country to expand and Chinese local government cooperation into the external force for the local diplomatic rise. "Belt and Road Initiative" strategy outlined a blueprint for interoperability, adapt to the economic globalization and regional integration trend of the times, reflects the objective demand of the relevant countries to expand foreign economic cooperation. Relying on the "The Belt and Road" construction to promote local economic development, has become the local government along the country's consensus, and on the basis of local characteristics and regional advantages, actively develop cooperation with the local government to Chinese, expand in the transportation infrastructure and other aspects of cooperation. It should be said that the implementation of strategic level will depend on the negotiation between the local governments and the national government. In April 2015, Poland held a "local diplomacy" seminar, hoping to strengthen cooperation with local governments in china. In China "The Belt and Road" initiative, along the state has sent a delegation to visit the Chinese along the line of the local government, seeking to strengthen contacts in specific projects on the. In fact, "The Belt and Road" initiative of the most positive behavior is the most active local governments at all levels, not only the local government and the city China performance is very positive, along the country's local government and along the city also showed great enthusiasm, in June 2015, "The Belt and Road along the country local government representatives gathered in Yiwu to discuss China. Local cooperation and trade flow and other matters, and signed the" release "The Belt and Road" Yiwu initiative ". The local government along the country "Chinese Belt and Road Initiative" strategy Chinese local government enthusiasm into the external force more foreign exchanges.
Three, "The Belt and Road" under the background of the construction of local diplomatic problems
"Belt and Road Initiative" on China, is not only the economic rise of the opportunity, but also all-round opening turn, is a good opportunity to carry out local diplomacy. The local government can hold the "home court The Belt and Road" fair, strengthen friendly countries along the city to promote substantive relations, border and other ways to promote regional economic integration of the "air plant The Belt and Road". However, the local government in the implementation of the "The Belt and Road" initiative to promote the process of local diplomacy, in addition to meet the geopolitical dilemma, regional security issues such as common risk, also faced a series of obstacles.
First, the relative lack of local government foreign capacity. 30 years of reform and opening up, China opening breadth and depth has greatly improved, but there are non equalization development issues, outstanding performance is the level of opening up and internationalization in the coastal area to the inland provinces, a strong sense of. Is currently promoting the "Belt and Road Initiative" strategy mainly involves vast areas of the Midwest, the local government is the main force in this strategy, is the administrative body to carry out foreign exchanges. However, the local government's ability to deal with foreign affairs is obviously insufficient, which affects the quality and efficiency of local diplomacy. On the one hand, the current local government common problem is the lack of professional knowledge in foreign affairs and international exchanges of experience, not familiar with the relevant international rules and international conventions and international etiquette, to mobilize the international resources limited. "The Belt and Road construction the local government has more international vision and open mind, lack the necessary professional knowledge and the necessary talent reserve is flawed in local diplomacy, especially to vision consciousness, the level of decision and execution ability, some local government foreign affairs activities to build capacity slightly less, more passive. On the other hand, the executive body of local diplomacy has long problem, lack of actuator system and immobilized, resulting in foreign exchanges each department acting on its own. There are some problems in foreign countries, such as the reduction of foreign personnel, the merger of institutions and the budget constraints, and the low efficiency. These problems will restrict the orderly development of local diplomacy.
Second, the game between the central and local authority. Under the condition of unitary state system, the central government is the dominant part of the foreign affairs, and the local government has obvious dependence. Despite the development of multi tier diplomacy, the diplomatic activities of local governments are still limited by the international and domestic legal framework. After the reform and opening up, the central government in the tax revenue and other aspects of decentralization of power, given the greater autonomy of the local. In the field of foreign exchanges, through policy and functional decentralization, local diplomacy has been greatly developed. However, there are different interests and policy orientations between the local and the central government, and the interests game between the two is reflected in the real policy. Some scholars have pointed out that local diplomacy and foreign affairs led by the conflict between the diplomatic activities, will weaken the ability of central diplomacy. According to the Chinese constitution, the central diplomatic power belonged to the country, the power of local government is limited to the management of the administrative areas of economic and education undertakings, which in itself involves the legitimacy of local diplomacy. With the "The Belt and Road" construction, central to the disharmony factor in dealing with the foreign relations. Diplomatic decentralization is more policy decentralization, rather than institutional decentralization, the Constitution defines the width of the local government diplomacy. In the promotion of "The Belt and Road" strategy in the process of local government for selfishness and local protectionism thinking, bargaining with the central government in the foreign power market, even the ultra vires and flexible approach, weaken the authority of the central government. Especially the local government as a relatively independent interest subject, the foreign affairs activities typically focus on local economic development, there is a risk of contempt diplomatic responsibility and safety consequences, thus challenging the state's overall diplomacy, which is particularly prominent in the border provinces. The central and local governments in the target and function have focused on the national diplomacy is considered from the national macro environment and national development direction, local diplomacy from local advantages, interest area, national interests of "localization" tendency. At the same time, the local government has a "non stable expectations", according to the central non standardized policy of decentralization, lack of institutional guarantee, fearing hand power is recovered, caused by the local government to pursue short-sighted local interests.
Third, competition among local governments. Local government for local interests and officials to maximize performance considerations, in the fight for national policy tilt and long-term competitiveness of the project indicators. The central government has made it clear that Shandong's economic and trade exchanges with South Korea is the only key province, causing dissatisfaction in Liaoning and other provinces, and seek policy breakthroughs. As the national economic and diplomatic strategy, "The Belt and Road building bring power of local government for diplomatic decision-making power increase. In order to obtain the "The Belt and Road" strategy, dividend policy, domestic provinces and regions to respond positively to this idea. According to statistics, China has more than and 30 city declared himself "the starting point The Belt and Road", more "core area" and "bridgehead", "hub" concept. The herd reached even vicious competition is not conducive to the overall national goals, also hinder local local interests. On the one hand, all does not account for the geographic and economic space layout, in cooperation with countries along the industry homogenization, positioning overlap and project investment duplication, resulting in waste of resources, is not conducive to play the comparative advantages, deepen the negative externality of local economic development, caused by the "Pareto efficiency" damage; on the other hand, in the lack of coordination, overseas disorderly the competition will give countries along the object of confusion is also possible for the use of each other, resulting in local foreign disability, can not achieve the original intention to seek development and promote cooperation. Such as foreign cooperation in agriculture, there have been several provinces to fight with a certain country along the signing of an agricultural cooperation projects so that the other party is difficult to deal with the situation. It can be said that the problems of competition among local governments will not only bring the local foreign exchanges, especially will consume more energy and financial resources to maintain the relationship between the operation, will bring the corresponding interference to the country's overall diplomatic strategy to promote and hinder the country.
Fourth, the relationship between countries fluctuate. The local diplomacy is influenced by the overall diplomacy of the country, especially the fluctuation of the relations between the countries will restrict the level and depth of the local government's foreign activities. Since 1979, China and the United States have been deeply influenced by the changes of the relations between the two countries. China actively promote "Belt and Road Initiative" strategy was warmly supported in most countries along with the active participation, but there are also some countries such as India have shilly-shally even worried Chinese geopolitical attempt, affecting the local government vigorously participate in BCIM regional cooperation. In 2014, China and Vietnam since the "981" drilling platform event leading to the declining trend of relations between the two countries, and spread to the cooperation project between Guangxi and Gaoping, Lang Son and other local governments in vietnam. It is also worth noting that, because the other country stops, leads the relationship with the countries along the China tensions, and bring degradation relations, such as China and Burma and Sri Lanka diplomatic relations. This phenomenon is the result of local diplomatic setback and stagnation of the local government and the country cooperation projects or even cancel. The local diplomatic official colors based on the accompanying "The Belt and Road" strategic development, local diplomacy will be the overall quality and level of relationship between the role of the state.
Four, "The Belt and Road" under the background of the construction of the local diplomatic Countermeasures
"Belt and Road Initiative" provides a more extensive space initiative for the foreign exchange activities of the local government, help along the local higher degree of opening, good service state diplomacy and local economic and social development. The positive and promising local diplomacy can promote the "The Belt and Road construction smoothly, promote the orderly extension of the national strategy, and ultimately achieve double harvest of national and local interests. According to the "local diplomacy faces The Belt and Road" in the process of the challenge, the corresponding measures should be taken.
First of all, the local government should improve the quality of their foreign exchanges. As the main body of the local diplomacy, the foreign affairs ability of the local government becomes an important factor affecting the local diplomatic effect. "The Belt and Road" under the background of the local diplomacy is a complex and systematic project, communication ability is the ability of local government appraisal. The local government needs a more international perspective, rich foreign knowledgeable and specialized foreign training. One is the Ministry of foreign affairs and other ministries to strengthen the cadres in-depth training to increase the local diplomacy, local foreign affairs cadres, especially the concierge, zhengyanshi, news department, Department of Consular Department of international communication of local foreign affairs departments of the etiquette, theory, publicity, investment and other aspects of professional training. The Central Foreign Affairs Office, the International Liaison Department, the Ministry of Commerce and the national development and Reform Commission and other departments to coordinate the training of local foreign affairs cadres, firmly establish diplomatic chess consciousness, clear the local diplomatic representatives of countries and regions of the "dual identity" cognition, good service "The Belt and Road" construction; two party schools and other government training units foreign exchanges can strengthen the training courses, so that local government officials familiar with "The Belt and Road along the country's local customs and practices and language habits, country profiles, familiar with international conventions and foreign basic operation rules, make emergency control, improve negotiation skills to deal with international communication needs and ability to cope with risks; three is the place the government universities and language and international relations of cooperation, the establishment of normal diplomatic training classes, training a group of fine foreign language Through diplomatic knowledge and expertise with the view of the world where diplomacy, to provide intellectual support and personnel security for the "The Belt and Road". In the "The Belt and Road" in the process of construction, especially the country to do research work, familiar with the basic situation and development of foreign trade and economic cooperation of international cooperation and capacity to build open economy system.
Second, do a good job of the central and local coordination of foreign exchanges. The concept of modern governance emphasizes the multi-level nature of the subject, and gives the local government more power to become a trend. Under the guidance of the central government, the local government can occupy the economic and social fields, such as the low level of governance, the establishment of inter regional consultation and consultation mechanism, the establishment of a network, multilateral and multi-faceted diplomatic system. Clearly define the central and local government activities of foreign powers, a reasonable division of the jurisdiction of the central area of foreign affairs, primary and secondary responsibilities and functional boundaries. On the one hand to safeguard the authority of the central government and enhance the ability of overall control of diplomacy, the local diplomatic into the country's overall diplomatic system, and strive to achieve the central government led by "The Belt and Road construction. The central government should occupy a dominant position in the political and security fields, and prevent decentralization with the right deviation caused by improper overall national interests, to build a "The Belt and Road" diplomatic disputes first firewall". On the other hand, the local government should adhere to the supremacy of national interests, and continuously enhance the overall awareness, service consciousness and responsibility consciousness, earnestly implement the central foreign policy, cooperating closely with the state "The Belt and Road" overall situation, at the same time into local interests reasonable in central to the multiple decision, to serve the local economic and social development and international communication needs. The local diplomacy must obey the law and institutional constraints Chinese diplomacy, can not exceed the central diplomatic authority, and more arbitrary and not their own way. "The Belt and Road construction work leading group as the core of leadership of institutions to promote the strategy, guiding arrangement and brainpower coordination and organization, can establish the authority responsible for local diplomacy in its, do economic goals and non economic objectives, the balance of local interests and national interests balance, coastal provinces and the inland provinces, decentralization and macroeconomic balance balance and devolution and right adjustment. Under the premise of ensuring the unity of the overall foreign policy, taking into account the flexibility of local implementation, giving local governments the right to diplomatic discretion.
Thirdly, innovating the working mechanism of local diplomacy. Facing the problem of fragmentation management pattern, we need to strengthen the innovation of local diplomatic work mechanism. First, we must strengthen top-level design, improve organizational structure. Local governments should set up a leading group for the work of foreign affairs and coordinate the work of various departments. It is necessary to further strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the party's external affairs, give full play to the leading role of the party's Foreign Affairs Leading Group, and establish the concept of "local great diplomacy". To straighten out the business, foreign affairs, overseas Chinese Affairs, development and Reform Commission, public security, culture, environment, customs, quality inspection departments and other units, through the establishment of an inter departmental coordination committee, under the unified leadership of the local Party committees, deepen cooperation and "The Belt and Road along the country related departments. Give full play to the media, think tanks, universities and other foreign enterprises, construction skills, flexible and pragmatic stereo diplomatic community, thought that the local diplomatic groundwork multi track; the two is to insist on the combination of official cooperation and exchanges. Do Belt and Road Initiative "under the background of regional diplomacy, the need for official cooperation and exchanges two legs while walking. Local governments continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the countries in the field of education, culture, tourism and other areas, consolidate public opinion and social base. The local government in the economic culture of the stage singing, as a means to participate in international cultural exchanges, opening channels of communication, innovative form and content, prompted the local government to the local diplomatic work more attractive; three is to strengthen cooperation between local governments in diplomacy. Local governments can take the lead by the central authorities, the establishment of a joint mechanism for foreign exchanges, to promote cooperation with the countries along the regional conditions and resource endowments. Around the need to integrate the local public resources, prominent local comparative advantages, mutual ride platform, to jointly promote the "Belt and Road Initiative cooperation.
Finally, do the country in dealing with changes in domestic political work. The domestic political changes along the country's "The Belt and Road construction focus on the link, but also to carry out local diplomacy to effectively deal with the problem. Especially at present, "The Belt and Road along many countries face a leadership transition and national political transition, there is a color revolution risk of individual countries. Should be prepared to deal with the work from the following three aspects, one is to strengthen the building of normal and mechanism and target of local government cooperation platform, seeking to establish a cooperation mechanism with constraints, can reduce the negative effects of men in the two countries; is to expand political opposition political forces. In the premise of maintaining normal friendly relations between the government, the local government can increase with the "The Belt and Road along the country's domestic opposition forces communication efforts to reduce the impact of the political situation; the three is to do public diplomacy, to strengthen the media, think tanks, enterprises and the local social forces such as communication. The local government should mobilize more social resources, and expand the scale of exchange range countries domestic related parties, improve the international influence of the local government and the positive image.