China's Foreign Affairs aims at accurately and comprehensively presenting China's foreign policies and its latest perspectives on the evolving international situation, and helping readers around the world learn more about China's external relations in the past year in a fairly complete and systematic manner. The book, published annually since 1987,now has its first abridged English edition to cater to the increasing needs of home and overseas readers.

The 2003 China's Foreign Affairs (English edition) focuses mainly on the country's diplomatic activities in 2002,with a number of chapters or sections providing brief background information on some historical events.