“勤俭办外交”张闻天在外交战线十年的工作实践中,历来反对对外工作中的铺张浪费和形式主义,主张礼宾工作要简单朴素。还在1953年4月从苏联回国述职时,他就曾向毛泽东主席建议,以后每年的“五一”和 “Doing Business Thrifty and Thrifty” Zhang Wentian has always opposed the extravagance and formalism in his foreign work during his ten-year diplomatic practice. He advocated that concierge work be simple and simple. When he returned from the Soviet Union in April 1953, he once suggested to Chairman Mao Zedong that the annual “May Day” and