Ancient China's Western Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, the Song dynasty, the Yuan dynasty foreign trade development overview.

1, Western Han Dynasty: ① Zhang Qian through the Western Regions, the Han Dynasty's emissaries, merchants traveled to the west; ② through the Silk Road and Central Asia, West Asia, South Asia, frequent economic and cultural exchanges; ③ through the Maritime Silk Road and the South China Sea countries, namely, the Indian Peninsula, and other places in the regular trade transactions.

2, Sui and Tang: ① foreign trade prosperity; ② Tang government to encourage merchants to trade in China, allowing them to live for a long time; ③ in Chang'an, Luoyang, Guangzhou, Yangzhou have frequent foreign trade activities. The Chinese were called "Tang people". Active foreign relations. Japan sent 13 times "Tang Dynasty envoys" to China to learn Tang culture, the Tang Dynasty Jianzhen East spread culture; Silla sent envoys and a large number of foreign students to the Tang Dynasty to learn Chinese culture, modeled after the Tang Dynasty established a political system, the use of the imperial examination system. Trade between the two sides was frequent, and Silla's products ranked first in the Tang Dynasty's imports. Tang Dynasty, China and Tianzhu frequent exchanges, the early years of Zhenguan, Xuanzang traveled to the west of Tianzhu, written into the "Great Tang Western Regions"

3, Song and Yuan: foreign exchanges into the period of frequent, developed overseas trade. Foreign exchanges as far east as Korea, Japan, west to the Arabian Peninsula and the east coast of Africa, some countries, the Southern Song Dynasty, foreign trade income, accounting for an important position in the financial revenue. The Yuan Dynasty was a world-famous commercial metropolis. Italian Marco Polo came to live in China for more than ten years and wrote "Marco Polo's Travels".

The Southern Song Dynasty was an extremely diplomatic dynasty in ancient Chinese history, and led to unprecedented economic prosperity. Agriculture, printing, papermaking, silk weaving, porcelain industry have significant development. Maritime industry, shipbuilding outstanding achievements, and the South Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and other regions of more than 50 countries to trade. The development of the South during the Southern Song Dynasty, contributing to the Jiangnan region as an economic and cultural center. Quanzhou became the world's largest port and the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road in the late Southern Song Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty set up a trading post at the border with Jin and Dali to exchange goods.

The prosperity of foreign trade in the Yuan Dynasty exceeded that of the previous generation, and the sea ships could go straight to Japan and Chamchung. Yuan dynasty set up in various ports of the city of Hublot Division, and individual trade. The Yuan Dynasty traded closely with Goryeo and Japan. Goryeo's ginseng and other local products were popular in China. Cotton weaving technology was introduced to Goryeo at this time. Japan recruited engravers and printers from China to develop the Japanese printing industry.

China's feudal government pursued an open-door policy from the Two Han Dynasty, through the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Song and Yuan Dynasties to the early Ming Dynasty.

(1) performance: ① political and military diplomatic exchanges; ② economic and trade exchanges; ③ scientific and cultural exchanges.

(2) Background: ① strong country, economic and cultural world leaders; ② developed and convenient sea and land transportation;

(3) Impact: enhance the understanding of the Chinese and foreign sides, contacts and friendship, and promote economic and cultural exchanges and development.