新中国成立后,工会、妇联、青年团、和大、外交学会等团体的民间友好活动一直是我国对外工作的一个重要组成部分。1961年同我国有外交关系、半外交关系的国家只有40个,其中社会主义国家就占了14个。一大片拉丁美洲国家到1960年代初只有古巴一个国家同我国建交。民间的友好来往不仅可以配合已建交国家的外交工作或外交斗争,还可以同没有建交的国家的民间组织、政 After the founding of New China, the non-governmental friendly activities of trade unions, women’s federations, youth groups, and big and diplomatic societies have always been an important part of our foreign work. There were only 40 countries with diplomatic and diplomatic relations with China in 1961, of which 14 were socialist countries. By the early 1960s, only a large number of Latin American countries established diplomatic relations with only one country in Cuba. The friendly exchanges between the two peoples can not only tie in with the diplomatic or diplomatic struggles of the countries that have established diplomatic relations with other countries but also with the non-governmental organizations and governments of countries that have no diplomatic ties