30多年前，互联网作为一种具有天然国际传播属性的的新型媒介进入中国。如今，国际传播已上升为国家重大战略，既源于中国的发展进程，也与全球互联网深入普及相关。要把握中国国际传播的战略处境与时代使命，亟须重新审视互联网作为国际传播基础设施的本质及其历史脉络，并反思长期以来国际传播与国内传播相互割裂的认知模式。20世纪90年代初，互联网在中国引入，无论是在技术特性、应用方向、政策取向，还是在现实需求与主管体制上，均体现出其被视为中国走向世界的重要契机，而非纯粹社会基础设施。重温这一历程，回归互联网由“内向”走向“外向”的开放取向与战略潜能，将是中国国际传播实现突破的关键。下一个互联网30年，中国国际传播的挑战不仅限于技术、应用、市场和政策等传统层面，更将深入到中国如何真正走向世界、与全球深度交融的“深水区”。

Over three decades ago, the internet entered China as a new medium inherently equipped with international communication attributes. Today, international communication has risen to the level of a national strategic priority—an outcome not only of China's own developmental trajectory but also of the global proliferation of the internet. To fully grasp China's strategic position and contemporary mission in international communication, it is imperative to re-examine the internet's essential role and historical evolution as foundational infrastructure for cross-border communication. It also calls for a critical reflection on the long-standing cognitive separation between international and domestic communication. Revisiting this trajectory and re-centering the internet's transformation from an “inward-facing” to an “outward-facing” infrastructure is key to achieving breakthroughs in China's international communication. Looking ahead to the next thirty years of the internet, the challenges of China's international communication will not only be limited to the traditional levels of technology, application, market and policy, but will also go deeper into the “deep-water zone” of how China can truly go global and deeply integrate with the rest of the world.