十六大後中共外交面對一個相互依賴深化的客觀環境現實,此一方面導源於經濟全球化下世界政治經濟呈現日益增強的相互依賴,另方面則導源於自改革閉放以來中共同世界經過長期辯證,不以自身意志為轉移的相互依賴日益深化進程”在相互依賴深化的環境下,十六大後中共的重要不變利益更廣泛深入存在鈴同世界的共同利益和合作框架中,雖然十六大後中共內部政治環境,以及九一一後的反恐有利於中共這些利益的實踐,不過由於中共同世界相互依賴仍舊呈現高度的易毀性和敏感性,使得中共自主性利益面臨了諸多桃戰。這也導致十六大後中共外交政策雖然必須呈現以大國外交,經濟外交和多邊外交為重心的相互依賴合作取向,但仍必須通過促進世界多極化、國際關係民主化,以及傳統權力平衡策略來凸顯其自主性,從而防範相互依賴合作取向可能帶給自身的利益損失。
The PRC's foreign policies face an increasingly inter-dependent international reality which is derived from economic globalization and is driven by growing interaction between the rest of the world and the PRC since its reform. In such an interdependent context, the PRC's vital interests became more intertwined with common global interests and the cooperative framework for their realization. Even though the PRC's domestic politics after the CCP's 16th Congress and a international cause of anti-terrorism facilitate the realization of these interests, the PRC's interdependence with the world is still characterized by vulnerability and sensibility, posing challenges for its autonomous interests. This characterization also leads the PRC to need to present its autonomy through multi-lateralism, global democratization, and the conventional balance of power in order to shore up the losses.