Central Foreign Affairs Commission
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中央外事工作委员会 | |
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Formation | 1981 |
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Type | Supra-ministerial policy coordination and consultation body |
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Leader | Xi Jinping |
Deputy Leader | Li Keqiang |
Director of General Office | Yang Jiechi |
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Parent organization | Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |
Subsidiaries | The |
Politics of China |
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The Central Foreign Affairs Commission (Chinese: 中央外事工作委员会; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Wàishì Gōngzuò Wěiyuánhuì), formerly known as the Central Foreign Affairs Leading (Small) Group (FALG or FALSG; Chinese: 中央外事工作领导小组; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Wàishì Gōngzuò Lǐngdǎo Xiǎozǔ) is a commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that exercises general oversight on matters related to foreign affairs. It is currently chaired by CCP General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, and Premier Li Keqiang is deputy leader. They are assisted by its office director, CCP Politburo member Yang Jiechi, Foreign minister Wang Yi, and its membership includes officials of minister-rank and above.
Established in 1981, the FALG was chaired until 1988 by Li Xiannian, a leading member of the Eight Elders and Chinese president from 1983 to 1988; Li represented the interests of nationalist hard-liners and economic leftists, and generally opposed the policies of Deng Xiaoping, then-de facto leader. During the 1990s, the Chinese leadership became more institutionalized and less focused on factional and informal politics. Since 1993 the leader of the group had also served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of the People's Republic of China.
The main execution body of the FALG is the Foreign Affairs Office.
In March 2018, the leading group was redesignated the Central Foreign Affairs Commission.[1]
Current membership[]
Since November 2017
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- Leader
- Deputy leader
- Director of General Office and Secretary-General
- Yang Jiechi, Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party member
- Deputy director of General Office
- , Deputy foreign minister of the People's Republic of China
- Group members
- Wang Qishan, Vice President of the People's Republic of China
- Wang Yi, State councillor, Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
- Others to be announced
Chronological list of leaders[]
- Li Xiannian, President (1981–1988)
- Li Peng, Premier (1988–1993)
- Jiang Zemin, CCP General Secretary and President (1993–2004)
- Hu Jintao, CCP General Secretary and President (2004–2013)
- Xi Jinping, CCP General Secretary and President (2013–)
References[]
- ^ "CPC releases plan on deepening reform of Party and state institutions". People's Daily Online. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
See also[]
- Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China
- National Security Commission of the Chinese Communist Party
- Foreign relations of China
- Chinese Communist Party
- Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Government agencies of China
- Government agencies established in 1981
- 1981 establishments in China
- People's Republic of China stubs
- Asian political party stubs
- China organization stubs
- Communist party stubs