周恩来是中国共产党领导人中最早意识到对外宣传工作重要性的领导人之一，并进行了艰辛的探索，形成了印记鲜明的外宣思想。这一重要思想沉淀着周恩来长期以来与外国友人友好交往、亲自做外宣工作的深邃思考，饱含历史意识、文化自觉和世界胸怀的艰辛奋斗，是值得深入开掘的“学术富矿”，是新时代改进创新对外宣传工作的宝贵历史遗产。本文采用以外宣史为主、交织外交史和人物史的独特视角开展系统性研究，基于文献考察、人物访谈、历史研究和理论对话，对周恩来外宣思想进行全面、系统、创新的剖析。初步探讨了周恩来外宣思想提法的可行性和理论性，创新性地提出周恩来外宣思想具有国家价值、民族价值、人民价值和全人类共同价值等维度，指出周恩来外宣思想集政治性、和合性、灵活性、实践性、斗争性于一体，具有前瞻性、传承性、可对话性等鲜明的中国特色。周恩来外宣思想自成体系、完备统一，具有突出的理论贡献。本研究重点考察了周恩来在国际会议的集中外宣实践——日内瓦会议和万隆会议。这两次国际会议是新中国走向世界舞台的两个坐标。日内瓦会议是外界认识新中国的第一个契机，围绕塑造新中国形象、维护新中国利益、传递新中国理念等外宣目标，培养锻造了外宣人才并初步形成了新中国的外宣机制；万隆会议进一步打开了新中国在国际舞台的外宣格局和视野，让新中国成功地在亚非国家中树立起威望，周恩来所倡导的和平共处五项原则也经此会议显示出非凡的活力。本文对周恩来外宣思想孕育、萌芽、成熟的全周期进行探源，全面系统梳理其生成逻辑、内涵要义、实践深化。研究认为，周恩来外宣思想一方面体现为霸权突围，反映了新中国如何突破西方封锁、寻求对外宣传新路的探索历程；另一方面也体现为和合互鉴，折射出中华文明世界观、认识论、方法论和思维体系，与第三世界国家广交朋友的信心与决心，标志着对中国式现代化、人类命运共同体的维系和人类共同价值的追求。周恩来外宣思想为考察中国共产党早期和新中国成立初期的外宣传统提供了丰沛的历史资源，也为百年变局之下构建新闻传播自主知识体系提供了鲜活样本，为加强新时代国际传播能力建设提供了理论指引。

Zhou Enlai was one of the first leaders of the Communist Party of China who realize the importance of international communication, and he probed arduously and formed the international communication thought with marked imprints. This thought pools Zhou Enlai‘s profound thinking on his long-term experience of friendly contacts with foreign friends and international communication work, full of arduous efforts towards historical awareness, cultural consciousness and global vision. It is an "academic rich mine" worthy of in-depth exploration, and a valuable historical heritage for improving and innovating international communication work in the new era.This paper carries out a systematic study based on an unique perspective that international communication history, interwoven with diplomatic history and human history, and conduct a comprehensive, systematic and innovative analysis of Zhou Enlai‘s international communication thought based on literature review, key person interview, historical research, and theoretical dialogue. This paper initially discusses the feasibility and theorization of Zhou Enlai‘s international communication thought, and innovatively puts forward that Zhou Enlai‘s international communication thought has the dimensions of national value, national value, people value and common value of mankind, and points out that Zhou Enlai‘s international communication thought is political, harmonious, flexible, practical, and combative, and has distinctive Chinese characteristics such as forward-looking, inheritable, and dialogue-oriented. Zhou Enlai‘s international communication thought has its own system, complete unity, and outstanding theoretical contributions.This study focuses on Zhou Enlai‘s practice of international communication in international conferences - Geneva Conference and Bandung Conference. These two international conferences are two coordinates for the new China to enter the world stage. The Geneva Conference was the first opportunity for international community to know about the People‘s Republic of China. Focusing on the international communication goals of shaping the image of New China, safeguarding the interests of China, and transmitting the ideas of China, it trained international communication talents and initially formed the international communication mechanism of China. The Bandung Conference further opened the pattern and vision of New China‘s international communication in the international arena, and enabled New China to successfully establish its prestige among Asian and African countries. The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence advocated by Zhou Enlai also showed extraordinary vitality through this conference.This paper probes into the full cycle of Zhou Enlai‘s international communication thought‘s gestation, budding, and maturity, and comprehensively and systematically sorts out its generative logic, connotation, and practice. The paper puts forward that on the one hand, Zhou Enlai‘s thought of international communication embodies hegemonic breakthrough, reflecting the exploration course of how New China broke through the western blockade and sought a new path of international communication. On the other hand, it also reflects the worldview, epistemology, methodology and ideological system of the Chinese civilization, and the confidence and determination of China to make friends extensively with third-world countries, marking the pursuit of Chinese path to modernization, the maintenance of Community with a shared future for mankind and the common values of humanity. Zhou Enlai‘s thought on international communication provides abundant historical resources for the investigation of the international communication tradition in the early days of the Communist Party of China and the founding of New China. It also provides fresh samples for the construction of independent knowledge system of news communication under the profound changes unseen in centuries and provides theoretical guidance for strengthening the construction of international communication capacity in the new era.