中国共产党中央委员会外事工作委员会 | |
Formation | 1981 |
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Type | Supra-ministerial policy coordination and consultation body |
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Leader | Xi Jinping |
Deputy Leader | Li Qiang |
Director of General Office | Wang Yi |
Parent organization | Central Committee |
Subsidiaries | Foreign Affairs Office |
Central Foreign Affairs Commission | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 中央外事工作委员会 | ||||||
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The Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission 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 Xi Jinping, with Premier Li Qiang as its deputy leader. The main execution body of the commission is the General Office, with the director of the Office being China's top diplomat, currently Wang Yi.[1] Since 1993, the leader of the group had also served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the deputy leader of the group had also served as Premier of China.
The commission was first established in 1981 as the Central Foreign Affairs Leading Group (FALG or FALSG; Chinese: 中央外事工作领导小组; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Wàishì Gōngzuò Lǐngdǎo Xiǎozǔ). Established in 1981, the FALG was chaired until 1988 by Li Xiannian, a leading member of the Eight Elders, CCP Vice-chairman from 1977 to 1982, 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.
In March 2018, the leading group was redesignated the Central Foreign Affairs Commission.[2]
Since January 2023