Expo diplomacy unveiled: Sakozimin visit to China

The President of France's top 20 multinational groups will follow Mr Sarkozy's visit to the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, a common choice for more than 200 countries (regions) and international Feng Difan, including those facing difficulties at home.　　Just yesterday, Kyrgyz ambassador to China, Kurubayev, told the first financial daily that Kyrgyzstan would attend the expo as scheduled, including provisional government members and ambassadors themselves. The World Expo has become the best place for China to practise global public diplomacy: 192 countries and 50 international organizations have confirmed their participation, with hundreds of heads of State or Government visiting in China.　　It is particularly noteworthy that among China's 23 countries that have not established diplomatic ties, 21 have confirmed their participation.　　Extended bilateral consultative platform South Korea's presidential palace in 25th issued a press communiqué confirming that South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will visit China from April 30 to May 1 to attend the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo. At a regular press conference on 22nd, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu issued a number of heads of state to visit China during the opening of the Expo, including: French President Nicolas Sarkozy (April 28 ~ 30th), Federated States of Micronesia President Mori (April 28 ~5 month 4th), Mongolian President Chahaya Elleberg (April 28 ~5 3rd), president of the Palestinian State, President of the National Authority Mahmoud Abbas (April 30 ~5 month 1st), Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly (April 30 ~5 month 2nd) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso ( April 29 ~5 Month 1st).　　Most of the leaders were on state visits and Mr Barroso made an official visit.　　The reporter learned from the European Union embassy in Beijing that Mr Barroso's visit to China was an important trip to the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo and the inauguration of the European Union Pavilion held on May 1.　　In addition to attending the ceremony, the leaders of your visit will inevitably take the "expo diplomacy" machine to communicate with Chinese leaders and bring a large number of senior officials to China to discuss the project. It is reported that Barroso will meet with Chinese leaders in Shanghai.　　Jose Manuel Barroso, including the European Commission's vice president and EU foreign affairs and Security policy High Representative Catherine Ashton, Trade Commissioner Gucht, Energy Commissioner Oettinger and Climate action Commissioner Hedegaard, such as a total of six EU commissioners, covering all important areas of EU relations with China.　　According to the media briefing by China's ambassador to France, Mr Sarkozy's visit to China was accompanied by government dignitaries such as Minister of State Borlo, Economic minister Christine Lagarde, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, as well as the President of France's eight heavyweight senators and members of the National Assembly and France's top 20 multinational group (Kong).　　In addition to attending the opening ceremony of the Korean pavilion and visiting the China Pavilion, Mr. Lee will meet with Chinese leaders to exchange views on the development of the strategic partnership and regional situation of the ROK. During the third session of the NPC in March this year, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has shown that "expo diplomacy" is one of the priorities of China's diplomacy this year.　　Yang said that there will be 188 national Pavilion days, 39 International organizations honor Day activities, estimated that nearly hundreds of foreign dignitaries will visit Shanghai. "The First World Expo to be held in developing countries. It is not only an economic, social, scientific and cultural event, but also a diplomatic event.　　Yang said. At the same time, the Shanghai World Expo has also achieved a breakthrough in China's diplomacy: The Chinese government's chief representative, assistant Bo, said in Beijing that among the 23 countries that have not established diplomatic relations, 21 countries have confirmed their participation in the Shanghai World Expo, and invited no diplomatic relations to participate in the Shanghai World Expo.　　Was carried out through the delegation of the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations to the representatives of those countries to the United Nations. Cultural output + business cooperation while demonstrating soft power in China, the participating countries are also using the Expo as a platform to try to show an attractive national image for the Chinese people and potential Chinese investors.　　In countries with close trade with China, this is particularly true. European powers such as Britain, France and Germany, for example, have been personally promoted by ambassadors to promote their national pavilion projects during the expo.　　The new British ambassador to China, Sebastian, has just arrived in Beijing to hold a conference on the expo, to accompany reporters to watch the exhibition on the UK pavilion's promotional films, and announced the British Pavilion during the expo held a commercial exchange activities will reach more than 100.　　This reporter found in Australia in late March this year, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and other states, senior officials are interested in participating in the Shanghai World Expo. The general representative of the Australian government in the Shanghai World Expo said that the conference is Australia's largest investment in the World Expo ever.　　In the Australian pavilion, a total of more than 200 business activities, not only involving mineral resources and other Sino-Australian cooperation in the traditional areas, but also want to expand to financial services, legal services, agricultural trade, information technology and other fields. The reporter was informed that the financial services and other areas mentioned by Mr Lynne are also one of the slower-moving issues in the Sino-Australian Free-trade Agreement negotiations.　　From this point of view, the Shanghai World Expo may provide both sides with a relatively easy atmosphere of communication. And some countries that are not particularly close to China's economic and trade ties are also seeking a possible business partnership with Beijing. The reporter learned that Monaco will be "the world's largest country and the world's smallest country" as the starting point, to seek the cooperation between the two countries in electric vehicles.