board of the foreign service驻外机关事务局
The convertion of the institutional model, the history of the diplomatic organ and the dispatch of the foreign service are the big historic background of the emergence of the diplomatic figures.
晚清外交模式的转变、外交机构的沿革和驻外使领的派遣是驻外使领人才群体产生的历史大背景。
参考来源 - 晚清驻外使领地理分布与区域风气研究