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JinCanrong＆DuanHaowen New FeaturesoftheSurroundingInternational EnnvviirroonnmmeennttaanndChhiinnaa’SSRReessp!onse JinCanrong DuanHaowen水 TnconstructingChina’Sstrategicdiplomaticconfiguration，weoftenstress lthat “majorpowerrelationsarecritical，thesurroundingareasarethe policy priorities，developing countries are the foundation，and the multilateralrelationsareimportantarena”．AftertheCPC 18thNational Congress．“publicdiplomacy’’and “globalgovernance’’werealsodefined asthenew orientationinChina’Sdiplomaticefforts．IndesigningChina’S diplomaticstrategy,wehavealwaysconsideredhtemajorpowersand surroundingareastobeourdiplomaticpriority．TherealityiSthesame．In fact，Chinascurrentdiplomacyisfacingtwomajorproblems：oneisthe mutualstrategicsuspicionbetweenhegemonicAmericaandthePRC after China’Semergenceasthe “numberwt o”powerintheworld；theotheris theincreasingdisputesbetweenChinaanditsneighboringCOUfltriesover recentyears．Intermsoftheimportanceandurgency ofthediplomatic decision-making，theSino—U．S．relationship asaglobalstrategicbilateral relationship isvery importantinnature，butthisproblem isalong—term strategicmuutalturstissue．Comparativelyspeaking，itismorecriticaland urgentforChinato resolvetheproblemsthatithaswith itsneighbors． Accordingly,C：hinahasrecently shifted moreattention and diplomatic effortstothesurroundingareas．Nodoubt，astrategicmovesuchasthis hasitstheoreticalandpracticalreasons． Inthepastsixmonths．China’snew collectiveleadershiphasbeen fully fomr ed，and China’S diplomacy has shown an unprecedented momenutm ．Accordingtoofficialstatistics．thenew Chineseleadershave ’Jin Canrong isDeputy Dean oftheSchoolofInternationalStudiesatRenmin University．DuanHaowenisaPhD sutdentoftheSchoolofInternationalStudiesat RenminUniversiyt． 24 C V01．23 No．6 NewFeaturesoftheSurroundingInternationalEnvironmentand China Response v