文明产生之后,人类的文化交流开始出现。在国家出现之后,国家间的文化交流受到统治阶级的重视。到了现代社会,主权国家愈加突出文化传播的作用,加强了文化外交,同时,随着科技的进步、传播手段的发展和全球化时代的到来,也经历了由文化外交向公共外交的理念性转变,但文化在外交的主体地位始终未变,本文试从公共外交所要实现的目标来探讨这一问题。 After the birth of civilization, human cultural exchanges began to emerge. After the country appeared, the cultural exchange among nations was valued by the ruling class. In modern society, the sovereign states have increasingly emphasized the role of cultural communication and strengthened cultural diplomacy. At the same time, with the progress of science and technology, the development of means of communication and the advent of a globalized era have also undergone a conceptual transition from cultural diplomacy to public diplomacy , But the dominant position of culture in diplomacy has not changed. This paper attempts to explore this issue from the objective to be achieved by public diplomacy.