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Based on the study of mutual interactions between the diplomacy and mass media, this paper summarizes that mainstream media usually plays an important role in political communication and foreign policy elaboration by information-collecting, selecting, translating, releasing and responding, etc.The paper takes the column of International Tribune, a symbolized critical column on international affairs and Chinese foreign policy in the People's Daily, as a case study illustrating the relationships between the People's Daily and Chinese Foreign Policy. It views that the developing process of International Tribune from its initiation in 1994 to 2006 witnessed the fulfillment of the People's Daily's role in acting as a platform of elaborating China's foreign policy; a forum for advocating world peace and development, as well as a stage for refuting vicious opinions worldwide, which in turn helps to the better illustration of China's foreign policy. The paper then argues that, while facing the fierce information-communication competition domestically and internationally, there's still plenty of room for the improvement in China's mass media, represented by the People's Daily, by renovating its communication techniques so as to enhance the capability of leading public opinion and put further influence on China's policy making. Only by this way, can it be the forum attracting broader and sustainable attentions from both the elites and the grassroots.In regard to the policy-making process, the paper suggests that an new "interactive" mode should be taken into consideration by modifying the current "top-down" mode and gradually forming a "combination of the top and down" mode, within which the mass media can have a more active influence on China's foreign policy making, thus further accelerating the realization of China's foreign policy and ensuring China's national interests.