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Focused on Xue Fu Cheng’s diary and referring to the collection of his literary works, this article reviews the Overseas Chinese Policy and the Abolition of Maritime Trade Ban as a maritime policy. Xue Fu Cheng asserted that the overseas Chinese people should be protected through diplomatic routes in the name of the nation by establishing consulates in the countries where Chinese people lived. During his period in office, he completely abolished the Maritime Trade Ban in August 1893 after several times of discussions with the Qing Dynasty’s administration. The Qing Dynasty abolished the Maritime Trade Ban, declared in the early stage of the dynasty, as a result of the change in the political recognition of the changing international environment. From an economic point of view, the abundant assets that the overseas Chinese people had in Southeast Asia could be helpful to the economic development in China.