Aiming at serving the diplomatic cause of the party and the country, CDA, whose core goal is comprehensively improving the competence of Chinese diplomats and other officials working on the diplomatic front, actively fulfills its responsibilities, including cultivating talents of diplomacy and foreign affairs, talent reserves for international organizations as well as undertaking international cooperation and communication. It promotes the teaching of the Party school of China's Foreign Ministry in an in-depth manner. CDA upholds a working principle featuring a realistic and pragmatic approach, reform, innovation, strict management and concrete results. And it is committed to forging a major front for training diplomatic talents and endeavors to be China’s first-class training institution with a worldwide reputation.