Sports Diplomacy of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era: Opportunities and Challenge

Abstract

In 2005, former Foreign Minister Qian Qichen put forward and defined the concept of "sports diplomacy" in his Dictionary of World Diplomacy. "Sports diplomacy" is defined as "the foreign sports exchanges and exchanges conducted by a country's sports authorities or sports circles for the purpose of promoting relations between countries." It is reasonable to have different understanding and cognition to sports diplomacy. Due to different historical backgrounds, national rights and interests and international environments, China's diplomacy has different strategic aspirations and specific goals. Even if there are common interests, they differ in scope and emphasis. However, there are two common points: the target of foreign participants; For the purpose of fulfilling national interests. To sum up, sports diplomacy in the new era can be defined as the sum total of all external sports activities carried out by the participants through sports and sports culture exchanges with the participants for the purpose of realizing national political or diplomatic goals, promoting inter-state relations and safeguarding national interests.