Zheng He's great initiative to go to the West has great historical significance and far-reaching influence. It is not only the glory of the Chinese people, but also the pride of all mankind.

Zheng He went to the West to promote the peak of China's ancient navigation and became the pioneer of the era of great navigation in the 15th and 16th centuries. Zheng He's departure to the West is an early, large-scale, technologically advanced and wide-ranging intercontinental navigation activity in the history of the world. It was 87 years earlier than Columbus's voyage to the American continent, 92 years before Bida Gama's voyage to India bypass the Cape of Good Hope to India, and 114 years before Magellan's global voyage. Zheng He's technology and navigational knowledge in ship construction, astronomical navigation, geonautical navigation, monsoon use and nautical weather prediction when he went to the West were all in the world's leading position at that time. Zheng He's sailing to the West is not only the peak of China's ancient navigation industry, but also a milestone in the development of the world's navigation industry.

Zheng He went to the West to promote the expansion of overseas trade and promoted economic exchanges and development between China and foreign countries. During Zheng He's travel to the West, he carried out bilateral trade with the local area in various forms, equal and mutually beneficial and exchanged goods. He transported Chinese silk, porcelain, tea, lacquerware, musk, metal products and books abroad in exchange for local spices, medicinal herbs, animals and plants, jewelry and raw materials needed to produce porcelain and other goods. This kind of trade activity has promoted the economic development of China and these countries.

Zheng He went to the West to spread Chinese civilization and promoted the two-way exchange and common progress of Chinese and foreign cultures. The Chinese nation has a long history and created a glorious ancient civilization. Zheng He went to the West to spread Chinese civilizations such as science, culture, rules and regulations, cultural and educational etiquette, religious arts, etc., brought China's exquisite technology in architecture, painting, sculpture, clothing, medicine and other fields to Asian and African countries, taught local people how to dig wells, build roads and fish, and popularized agricultural technology and crop cultivation. Law promotes currency, calendar, weights and measures, etc. At the same time, the achievements of the civilization of Asian and African countries have also been introduced to China. Zheng He went to the West seven times and wrote a brilliant chapter in the history of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.