1958年2月11日,根据第一届全国人民代表大会第5次会议的决定,毛泽东免去周恩来兼任外交部长职务,任命国务院副总理陈毅兼任外交部部长。周恩来总理把外交部交给了陈毅副总理。从此,新中国外交史上有了一位元帅外交家,也许是唯一的。记得1957年陈毅调京不久,适逢伏罗希洛夫访华。周恩来特意向他介绍陈毅。伏罗希洛夫当时频频点头赞扬说:“你们有周恩来这样出类拔萃的外交家,再加上陈 On February 11, 1958, according to the decision of the 5th meeting of the First National People’s Congress, Mao Zedong was asked to remove Zhou Enlai from the post of foreign minister and appoint Chen Yi, vice premier of the State Council, as minister of foreign affairs. Premier Zhou Enlai handed the Foreign Ministry to Vice Premier Chen Yi. Since then, there has been a marshal diplomat in the history of new China, perhaps only. I remember Chen Yi in Beijing in 1957 shortly after Voroshilov coincided with the visit. Zhou Enlai specifically introduced to him Chen Yi. Voroshilov nodded frequently nodded at the time: ”You have such a distinguished diplomat as Zhou Enlai, plus Chen