Pan Yaling, “China-America People-to-People Exchange at Forty: A Review and Looking Forward,”
Fudan American Review , Vol. 27, No.2, 2018
【Abstract】 Based on the long-term historical development, China-America people-to-people (P2P) exchange has experienced three stages in the 40 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations: comprehensive recovery, facing difficulties, and pillar building. It has brought into full play the role of road-keepers, and has made important contributions to the sustained, healthy and stable development of Sino-U.S. relations. With the rapid rise of China and the relative decline of American hegemony, the P2P exchanges between China and the United States are facing unprecedented pressures and challenges of transition, including: the long-term transition of Sino-U.S. strategic relations， the change of the economic and trade base, the change of operating environment, and so on. This requires the China-America P2P exchanges to truly return to original meaning. From the height of the exchanges between the two peoples, the P2P exchange should make major innovations around their basic value orientation, fundamental strategic concept, and core means of operation, for achieving greater independence, forming rational coordination among multiple actors and effective coordination among different issues, thus contributing to the long-term strategic transformation and sustainable development of Sino-U.S. relations.
【Keywords】 Sino-America relationship, people-to-people exchange, strategic transformation, multilayer coordination
