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shǒuxiān dāngrán yìwèi zhe rénmínbì chéngwéi le yīzhǒng xīn de chǔbèi huòbì le ，Zhōngguó jiāng zài wèilái shìjièjīngjì huódòng zhōng zhēngqǔdào gèngdà de huàyǔquán 。zhè shì duì Zhōngguó yīxìliè jùyǒu zhòngdà yìyì jīngjì gǎigé de rènkě ，gèng shì duì zhōngguó zhèngfǔ wèilái zūnshǒu shìchǎng huà guīzé de rènkě ，jùyǒu hěndà de xiàngzhēng yìyì 。

First of all it means, of course, that the renminbi has become a new reserve currency, which gives China a bigger say in future global economic affairs. This serves as an affirmation of a series of significant economic reforms in China and an acknowledgement that the Chinese government will respect market principles in the future, which has great symbolic meaning.

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说完历史渊源，我们再来看一看，现代国际社会，尤其是中国外交中常出现的一些基本外交辞令，目前外交部也有着一套独特的话语系统。

shuōwán lìshǐ yuānyuán ，wǒmen zài lái kànyikàn ，xiàndài guójìshèhuì ，yóuqí shì Zhōngguó wàijiāo zhōng cháng chūxiàn de yīxiē jīběn wàijiāo cílìng ，mùqián wàijiāobù yě yǒu zhe yītào dútè de huàyǔ xìtǒng 。

After reviewing the origins, let's look now at basic diplomatic rhetoric in the contemporary international community, especially in Chinese diplomacy, as currently the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has its own unique language system.

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首先，我们来看一下外交辞令的概念，在我国，外交辞令指的既是适合于外交场合的话语，也借指客气、得体而无实际内容的话。

shǒuxiān ，wǒmen láikàn yīxià wàijiāo cílìng de gàiniàn ，zài wǒguó ，wàijiāo cílìng zhǐ de jì shì shìhé yú wàijiāo chǎnghé de huàyǔ ，yě jièzhǐ kèqi 、détǐ ér wú shíjì nèiróng de huà 。

First of all, let's look at the concept of diplomatic rhetoric. In China, diplomatic rhetoric indicates the speech suitable for use in diplomatic occasions, as well as being used to indicate speech that is polite, fitting to the occasion if impractical in content.

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秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿，他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句，但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月，他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面，但除了点咖啡和道谢之外，他们两人未曾说过其它话语。

qínyǔ shì gè xiūsè de nánháir ，tā qíshí yǒushíhou xiǎng hé zhège nǚháiēr liáo jǐ jù ，dàn yě bù zhīdào gāi cónghé liáo qǐ 。jiù zhème guò le jiāngjìn sān ge yuè ，tā hé nǚháiēr jīhū tiāntiān jiàndào miàn ，dàn chúle diǎn kāfēi hé dàoxiè zhīwài ，tāmen liǎng rén wèicéng shuō guo qítā huàyǔ 。

QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.

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