中拉双方在外交战略调整的过程中产生了加强全面务实合作的共识,双方在多边层面的合作利益和战略需求不断增长,整体合作日益上升为彼此政策新的关切和重点。中拉论坛首届部长级会议的召开标志着双方整体合作正式进入机制化阶段,开辟了中拉友好合作的新纪元。本文分析了中拉整体合作的合理性和可行性,认为这是双方在当下全球治理进程中相互依赖、相互促进和自觉自强意识的必然选择,其产生是双方关系演变的自然进程,在外部受到南南合作新趋势和全球跨区域合作潮流的推动,在内部则符合双方经济转型对接的需要。基于习近平主席在巴西利亚与拉美和加勒比国家领导人会晤以及中拉论坛首届部长级会议所通过的成果文件,本文指出,中拉整体合作旨在实现“五位一体”的全面合作关系目标,需要遵守五大基本原则和方向:第一,坚持平等互助原则,加强中拉双方的政治互信;第二,秉承互利共赢原则,探寻中拉经贸合作升级;第三,加强交流互鉴,促进公共外交;第四,坚持国际协作,维护共同权益;第五,坚持整体合作,促进双边关系。本文还着重研究了中拉整体合作所面临的困难和障碍,强调双方需要应对拉美地区复杂的地缘政治局面、地区国家合作态度的差异性、区域营商环境的复杂性及非建交国因素的微妙性等重大挑战。对此,本文提出,为了确保中拉整体合作的生命力和效力,中短期内需要针对性地探讨并层层落实三方面的实施路径:第一,打造经贸关系的“双引擎”驱动;第二,开拓多样化的公共外交渠道;第三,巩固与拉美国家、地区组织和次区域组织之间的关系,有效支撑中拉整体合作机制发展。
<<China and LAC States(Latin America and the Caribbean),on their way adjusting diplomatic strategies,have reached the consensus of strengthening the comprehensive,pragmatic cooperation. With their common interests and strategic needs increasing at the multilateral level,overall cooperation has become the new concern and focus in their policy to each other. The 1st Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum marked the formal entry of bilateral overall cooperation into the phase of institutionalization and opened up a new era of friendly cooperation between the two sides. This paper analyzes the rationality and feasibility of the China-LAC overall cooperation. It argues that the new mechanism is an inevitable choice for both sides resulting from self-improvement consciousness,mutual dependence and promotion in the tide of global governance. The forming of the mechanism is a natural process with the evolution of bilateral relationship. It is externally promoted by the new trends of South-South Cooperation and cross-regional cooperation,and internally by the common needs of economic restructuring. According to the outcome documents which were passed in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with the LAC leaders and the 1st Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum,this paper points out that the new mechanism aims to achieve Five-in-One comprehensive cooperation between the two sides. The five basic principles that should be followed are:first,to adhere to the principle of equality and mutual aid so as to strengthen mutual political trust;second,to adhere to the principle of mutual benefit and win-win to upgrade bilateral economic and trade cooperation;third,to strengthen mutual exchanges and learning to promote public diplomacy;fourth,to adhere to international cooperation in order to safeguard common interests;fifth,to adhere to overall cooperation and promote the China-LAC relations. The paper also focuses on the difficulties and obstacles facing the overall cooperation. It stresses that both sides should deal with the complex geopolitical situation in LAC,varied cooperative attitudes of LAC countries towards China,complex regional business environment,as well as subtle factors in making contact with the countries that do not have diplomatic relations with China. In conclusion,this paper believes that,in order to ensure the vitality and effectiveness of the overall cooperation mechanism,three paths should be realized in the short term:first,to build the economic and trade “engines” driving the China-LAC relations;second,to diversify channels of public diplomacy;third,to strengthen ties with regional,sub-regional organizations and specific countries,so as to effectively support the new mechanism.
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