Employment orientation of international relations

First, the employment direction of international relations

The major of international relations is mainly engaged in foreign affairs diplomacy, policy research, external publicity, international news editing, teaching and research and administrative management in party and government organs, foreign affairs departments, news organizations and teaching and research institutions at all levels. Graduates majoring in international relations have a solid theoretical foundation, a wide range of knowledge, a high level of foreign languages, and strong language and writing skills, social activities and international communication skills.

Expanding knowledge: Second, the employment background of international relations

1. First of all, in China's foreign affairs system, foreign languages have always been the most important rather than international relations expertise. Contemporary diplomats in China, including senior diplomats at ministerial level, are almost all translators. Does this knowledge structure affect the formulation and implementation of China's foreign policy? It is difficult to draw a conclusion without careful analysis. But in any case, although the major of international relations specializes in international relations and foreign relations, the employment in this field is already short.

2. Secondly, almost all domestic research institutions are run by the government, and the number of people accommodated is limited. In fact, in countries with developed international relations research, many private research institutions publish a large number of research reports every year, vying to influence decision-making. In China, this possibility does not exist at present, so it is impossible to have a large number of unofficial research institutions to accommodate talents in this field. Some large enterprises, especially multinational enterprises, have their own research institutions, but they also focus on the economic level and pay little attention to the political level. As far as colleges and universities are concerned, the expansion of disciplines including international relations has been basically completed and the staff is basically filled. However, the older generation of scientific research and teaching staff have not retired in large numbers, and the demand for talents has been limited.

3. Finally, China's news system determines that international reports are almost dominated by a few media such as Xinhua News Agency and People's Daily, and other media only need to reprint their international news and comments. In this case, the demand for talents in this field has also been greatly reduced.

4. From the above situation, judging from the future development trend of the country, talents in international relations are still needed, and the rise of China needs a large number of talents to provide theoretical and practical research in this field as knowledge support. In particular, if national policies change, support all kinds of unofficial research and adjust the knowledge structure of foreign affairs personnel, a large number of talents are needed to supplement them. However, since there is no sign of change in this respect at present, it can be judged that the employment situation of international relations majors will still tighten in the next few years. Perhaps there is a reason for optimism: in a few years, the older generation of teachers of the newly enrolled university of international relations will begin to retire, thus making room for new talents.