公共外交文化交流中心（简称公共外交中心），2007年4月30日落户北京建国路78号开始公共外交实践，2009年10月16日举行揭牌仪式，是中国创办较早、规模较大的公共外交机构。中心定位于公共外交的先行者、推动者与实践者，以“让中国走向世界，让世界了解中国”为目标，以“尊重、理解、共融”为理念，通过文化交流、艺术交流、公益慈善、民间对话等各种公共外交方式，加深中国人民同世界各国人民的相互了解、互动共融，努力促进中外友好关系的发展。
成立以来，中心已接待包括秘鲁总统欧阳塔•乌马拉•塔索、厄瓜多尔总统拉斐尔·科雷亚·德尔加多等首脑在内的数百位中外政要和知名人士参访。成功策划举办了非洲日、阿盟日等数百场具有一定国际影响并颇具人文色彩的公共外交活动。整合建立了公共外交传播平台。中心同各国驻华大使及使馆建立了友好联系和密切交往，赢得非洲驻华使团授予的“永远的‘非洲之家’”荣誉，赢得阿拉伯驻华使团和阿盟驻华代表处联合授予的“永远的‘阿拉伯之家’”荣誉，被拉美加勒比驻华使团誉为“拉美加勒比之家”。十余位驻华使节（代表）受聘担任中心终身荣誉会长。中心积极开展“走出去”的公共外交活动，同相关国际组织先后在瑞士日内瓦、埃及卢克索、突尼斯迦太基、西班牙马德里等地举办“丝绸之路音乐会”，赢得国际公共外交领域广泛关注和赞誉。中心还与法中协会、爱尔兰中国商业协会、韩国女企业家协会（槿友会）、安哥拉中国商会、朝鲜对外文化联络委员会及“金达莱儿童基金会”、西班牙王国外交学院等机构达成战略合作。
中心的发展得到了中国相关领导同志的亲切关怀和指导帮助。李岚清、刘云山、杨洁篪、周铁农、唐家璇、戴秉国、阿不来提·阿不都热西提、张庆黎、李肇星等领导同志曾莅临中心视察指导或为中心题词勉励。
公共外交文化交流中心凝心聚力于公共外交实践，创造性联系非建交国，建设性发挥民间外交优势，以致力于公共外交事业的不凡业绩，获得驻华使节及社会各界广泛好评和认可，逐步成长为国际瞩目的公共外交平台。
The Public Diplomacy & Culture Exchange Center ( Public Diplomacy Center, P.D.C.) , which initiated its public diplomacy practice on April 30th, 2007 at No.78 Jianguo Road of Beijing and launched its official name on October 16th, 2009, is one of the earliest and biggest non-governmental diplomacy organization in China. As the pioneer, promoter and practitioner of the China's public diplomacy, P.D.C. is aimed at let China integrate into the world and let the world know China, and held the idea of Respect, Understanding and Harmony. Through culture and art exchanging, charity activities, people-to-people dialogue and many other public diplomatic ways, P.D.C. deepens the understanding and interactive communion between Chinese people and people all over the world, as well as strives to promote the development of the friendly relationship between China and other countries.
Since its establishment, P.D.C. has received visits from hundreds of Chinese and foreign dignitaries and celebrities, including the visit of H. E. Mr. Ollanta Humala Tasso, President of Peru and visit of H. E. Mr. Rafael Correa Delgado, President of Ecuador. P.D.C. has successfully organized hundreds of public diplomacy activities with considerable international and social influence. P.D.C. has successfully planned and organized hundreds of public diplomacy activities with considerable international influence and humanistic color, such as the Celebration of Africa Day, the Celebration of the Day of Arab League. The platform of public diplomacy media has been integrated and established by P.D.C.. P.D.C. has established friendly and close contacts with ambassadors to China and embassies of various countries in China, won the honor of forever "Africa Home" awarded by the African Diplomatic Corps, won the honor of forever "Arab Home" awarded jointly by the League of Arab States Beijing Mission and the Council of Arab Ambassadors, and was honored as "Latin American and Caribbean Home" by Latin American and Caribbean mission in China. Dozens of diplomatic envoys (representatives) in China had been entrusted as the Honorary President for Life of P.D.C.. P.D.C. actively carried out "going out" public diplomacy activities, and organized "Silk Road Concert" in cooperation with other international organization in Geneva of Switzerland, Luxor of Egypt, Carthage of Tunisia, Madrid of Spain, which won wide attention and praise in the field of international public diplomacy. P.D.C. has also reached strategic cooperation with the France-China Association, the Ireland-China Business Association, the Korean Women Entrepreneurs Association ( Geunuhoe of R.O.K.), the Angola-China Chamber of Commerce, the D.P.R.K. Foreign Cultural Liaison Committee, the Jindallae Children's Fund and the Diplomatic Academy of the Kingdom of Spain.
The development of P.D.C. has also received the cordial care and guidance and help from the relevant leaders in China. Mr. Li Lanqing, Mr. Liu Yunshan, Mr. Yang Jiechi, Mr. Zhou Tienong, Mr. Tang Jiaxuan, Mr. Dai Bingguo, Mr. Abulaiti Abudurexiti, Mr. Zhang Qingli, Mr. Li Zhaoxing and other leaders have visited P.D.C. or write an inscription for P.D.C..
The Public Diplomacy & Culture Exchange Center focuses on the practice of public diplomacy, creatively contacts with non diplomatic countries, and constructively exerts the advantages of non-governmental diplomacy. With its outstanding achievements in public diplomacy, it has been widely praised and recognized by the envoys in China and all sectors of society, and has gradually grown into a public diplomacy platform of international attention.