The Topic Setting And Discourse Analysis Of China's External Communication

In recent years,with the continuous transparency of our country's public affairs,the system of press release and press spokesperson has also gone through the process from scratch,from establishment to continuous improvement,the news information release of the government is developing to be accurate,timely and rich.Government spokespersons are the core figures of the press conference,especially the spokespersons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.They convey the position and attitude of our government on major international issues,symbolize the image of the country and represent the position of the country,the sovereignty and dignity of the nation.Therefore,this paper briefly reviews the development of the basic concept of press spokesman,the press spokesman system and the press spokesman system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,and adopts the discourse analysis method,this paper makes a study on the four aspects of the topic setting,discourse features,situational context and communication strategies of the press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China from 2016 to 2020,analyzes the features,sums up the experience and gives some suggestions,it is of theoretical and practical significance for the improvement of China's external communication strategy,the strengthening of its external publicity work,the unblocked international communication channels,the improvement of its international dialogue mechanism,the establishment of its national image and the enhancement of its international discourse power.