Two people are lecturing on the podium. What is the arrangement of seat cards? Which position is more honored?

China's tradition is to respect the left, and internationally it respects the right. Therefore, if a lecture is held in China, the seat cards of people with higher positions should be placed on the left side facing the audience; If a lecture is held abroad, the seat cards of people with higher positions should be placed on the right side facing the audience.

In China's feudal society, men are superior to women, so in real life, men are often left and women are right, that is, the left is higher than the right. Some feudal dynasties had left and right prime ministers, and the left prime minister was higher than the right prime minister. This is our etiquette habit handed down for thousands of years.

However, the diplomatic etiquette of New China was in line with international practice from the beginning, and adopted a right-hand approach, with the guest of honor on the left and the guest of honor on the right.

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The special practice of the United States:

What needs to be explained here is that the United States and some other countries are special. When they need to hang the national flag when receiving distinguished guests, they often hang their national flag in a higher position, that is, on the right, while hanging the national flag of the guests on the left. However, when they arrange the guest seat, they follow the international practice and arrange the guest seat on the right.

In the United States, when the president meets with foreign leaders, he often hangs the national flags of the two countries behind the two leaders: the American flag hangs behind the foreign guests, and the American flag hangs behind the visiting country.

People's Daily Online-There are different opinions at home and abroad about who is respected.