An Analysis of Guangzhou's City Diplomacy:The Case of the Guangzhou Award
Gaining deeper insights into the ways and functions of Guangzhou's city diplomacy and summarizing the patterns and trends of it are of great significance in serving China's overall diplomatic strategy and promoting urban development.Taking the Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation('Guangzhou Award')as an example,this study applies the analytic hierarchy process from the international-national-local dimension to deeply analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of Guangzhou's city diplomacy.The study finds that,relying on the Guangzhou Award as a brand of city diplomacy,Guangzhou not only showcases China's governance wisdom on the global stage but also embodies the principles and values of major-country diplomacy at the national level while enhancing Guangzhou's urban image locally.It suggests that Guangzhou should continue to expand the in-fluence of the Guangzhou Award,promote multilateral sister-city cooperation,improve the agenda setting of Guangzhou's city diplomacy,and set up strategic think tanks for its city diplomacy,so as to promote Guangzhou to become a central global city with classic charm and vitality of the times.
city diplomacyGuangzhou International Award for Urban Innovationurban governanceinternation-al sister citiescentral global city
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