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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 [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|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 (politician)|Wang Yi]]. Since 1993, the group has been led by the [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] and the [[Premier of the People's Republic of China|premier]] has served as the deputy leader of the group.
The '''Foreign Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party''', commonly called the '''Central 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.

The group was first established as the Central Foreign Affairs Leading Group (FALG) in 1958. Disbanded during the [[Cultural Revolution]], it was restored by [[Deng Xiaoping]] in 1981. The FALG was upgraded to the Central Foreign Affairs Commission in March 2018.

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 (politician)|Wang Yi]]. Since 1993, the group has been led by the [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] and the [[Premier of China|premier]] has served as the deputy leader of the group. It is currently chaired by CCP general secretary [[Xi Jinping]], with premier [[Li Qiang]] as its deputy leader.


== History ==
== History ==
The Central Foreign Affairs Leading Group, also called the Central Foreign Affairs [[Leading Small Group|Leadership Small Group]] (FALG or FALSG; {{zh|c=中央外事工作领导小组|p=Zhōngyāng Wàishì Gōngzuò Lǐngdǎo Xiǎozǔ}}), was first established in March 1958.<ref name=":Tsang&Cheung">{{Cite book |last1=Tsang |first1=Steve |author-link=Steve Chang |title=The Political Thought of Xi Jinping |last2=Cheung |first2=Olivia |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2024 |isbn=9780197689363}}</ref>{{Rp|page=74}} It was disbanded during the [[Cultural Revolution]] and restored in 1981 as [[Deng Xiaoping]] increased the number of stakeholders involved in the development of foreign policy.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Zhao |first=Suisheng |title=The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy |date=2023 |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |isbn=978-1-5036-3088-8 |location=Stanford, California |pages= |doi=10.1515/9781503634152 |oclc=1331741429 |author-link=Suisheng Zhao}}</ref>{{Rp|page=177}} The group has historically been a semi-institutional foreign policy coordination body,<ref name=":4" />{{Rp|page=177}} and became a forum for the central leadership in charge of foreign policy to meet regularly with top bureaucrats to discuss priorities, achieve consensus, and prepare recommendations for the [[Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party|Politburo]].<ref name=":4" />{{Rp|page=178}} It was the only standing foreign policy coordination body until the aftermath of the [[United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade]], which prompted the creation of the Central National Security Leadership Small Group (NSLSG) in 2000 to coordinate national security crisis response.<ref name=":4" />{{Rp|page=178}}
The commission was first established in 1981 as the Central Foreign Affairs Leading Group (FALG or FALSG; {{zh|c=中央外事工作领导小组|p=Zhōngyāng Wàishì Gōngzuò Lǐngdǎo Xiǎozǔ}}). Established in 1981, the FALG was chaired until 1988 by [[Li Xiannian]], a leading member of the [[Eight Elders]], [[Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party|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-[[Paramount leader|''de facto'' leader]]. During the 1990s, the [[Leadership of the People's Republic of China|Chinese leadership]] became more institutionalized and less focused on factional and informal politics.


In March 2018, the leading group was upgraded to the Central Foreign Affairs Commission.<ref>{{cite web |title=CPC releases plan on deepening reform of Party and state institutions |url=http://en.people.cn/n3/2018/0322/c90000-9440252.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322064104/http://en.people.cn/n3/2018/0322/c90000-9440252.html |archive-date=22 March 2018 |access-date=24 March 2018 |website=[[People's Daily]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Legarda |first=Helena |date=1 August 2018 |title=In Xi’s China, the Center Takes Control of Foreign Affairs |work=[[The Diplomat]] |url=https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/in-xis-china-the-center-takes-control-of-foreign-affairs/ |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref>
In March 2018, the leading group was upgraded to the Central Foreign Affairs Commission.<ref name="Loh">{{Cite book |last=Loh |first=Dylan M.H. |title=China's Rising Foreign Ministry: Practices and Representations of Assertive Diplomacy |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |year=2024 |isbn=9781503638204}}</ref>{{Rp|page=8}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Legarda |first=Helena |date=1 August 2018 |title=In Xi's China, the Center Takes Control of Foreign Affairs |work=[[The Diplomat]] |url=https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/in-xis-china-the-center-takes-control-of-foreign-affairs/ |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref> It also was put in charge of maritime rights and interests following the disestablishment of the Central Leading Group for Safeguarding Maritime Rights and Interests.<ref>{{cite web |author-last=Gore |author-first=Lance |date=3 October 2023 |title=How Xi Jinping built a party-centred administrative regime |url=https://www.thinkchina.sg/how-xi-jinping-built-party-centred-administrative-regime |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111121433/https://www.thinkchina.sg/how-xi-jinping-built-party-centred-administrative-regime |archive-date=11 January 2024 |access-date=11 January 2024 |website=ThinkChina |publisher=}}</ref>


== Functions ==
== Functions ==
The commission is the top CCP institution dedicated to China's foreign affairs. Through the commission, the CCP leadership makes decisions, assigns responsibilities and oversees implementation on a broad range of foreign-related activities.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Decoding Chinese Politics |url=https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/decoding-chinese-politics |access-date=2 October 2023 |website=[[Asia Society]]}}</ref> The policies handled by the commission include traditional diplomacy, party-to-party diplomacy, external propaganda, external trade, intelligence activities overseas, counterespionage, and internal aspects of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan affairs. The meetings of the commission are rarely publicized.<ref name=":0" />
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The [[Foreign Relations Law of the People’s Republic of China|Foreign Relations Law of the People's Republic of China]] states that the Commission is "responsible for policy making, deliberation and coordination relating to the conduct of foreign relations".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Rudolf |first=Moritz |date=28 June 2023 |title=China’s Foreign Relations Law: Balancing "Struggle" with Beijing’s "Responsible Great Power" Narrative |url=https://npcobserver.com/2023/07/03/china-foreign-relations-law-struggle-responsible-great-power-narrative/ |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=NPC Observer}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=28 June 2023 |title=The Law on Foreign Relations of the People's Republic of China |work=[[Xinhua News Agency]] |url=https://english.news.cn/20230628/28c7aedd386440ba9c370eb22476d430/c.html |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref> The law further states that the commission "considers and formulates the State's foreign relations strategy and related major principles and policies, and provides guidance for their implementation" and that it is "responsible for top-level design, coordination and holistic advancement of work concerning foreign relations, and supervises its implementation".<ref name=":2" />


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The [[Foreign Relations Law of the People's Republic of China]] states that the commission is "responsible for policy making, deliberation and coordination relating to the conduct of foreign relations".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Rudolf |first=Moritz |date=28 June 2023 |title=China's Foreign Relations Law: Balancing "Struggle" with Beijing's "Responsible Great Power" Narrative |url=https://npcobserver.com/2023/07/03/china-foreign-relations-law-struggle-responsible-great-power-narrative/ |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=NPC Observer}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=28 June 2023 |title=The Law on Foreign Relations of the People's Republic of China |work=[[Xinhua News Agency]] |url=https://english.news.cn/20230628/28c7aedd386440ba9c370eb22476d430/c.html |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref> The law further states that the commission "considers and formulates the State's foreign relations strategy and related major principles and policies, and provides guidance for their implementation" and that it is "responsible for top-level design, coordination and holistic advancement of work concerning foreign relations, and supervises its implementation".<ref name=":2" />
The director of the Commission's Office, currently [[Wang Yi (politician)|Wang Yi]], is the top diplomat of the People's Republic of China.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-01 |title=China's Communist Party Names Wang Yi to Lead Foreign Policy |language=en |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-01/china-s-communist-party-names-wang-yi-to-lead-foreign-policy |access-date=2023-01-01}}</ref>

The Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission is its administrative agency, operating secretively like its parent body.<ref name=":0" /> The Office is responsible for executing and coordinating the implementation of the decisions and directives of the commission. It additionally conducts research and makes suggestions on international relations, drafts and oversees foreign-related laws and regulations, handles foreign-related inquiries from Party, state and local bodies, and organizes work on maritime rights and interests.<ref name=":0" />

Though the office itself is a ministerial-level institution, the director of the Office has been a member of the Politburo and at the [[Civil Service of the People's Republic of China|sub national-level leader]].<ref name=":0" /> Generally, the director has greater authority than the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (China)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]].<ref name=":922">{{Cite book |last=Šebok |first=Filip |title=Contemporary China: a New Superpower? |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-03-239508-1 |editor-last=Kironska |editor-first=Kristina |chapter=China's Political System |editor-last2=Turscanyi |editor-first2=Richard Q.}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=77–78}} The director of the commission's Office, currently [[Wang Yi (politician)|Wang Yi]], is the top diplomat of the People's Republic of China.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-01 |title=China's Communist Party Names Wang Yi to Lead Foreign Policy |language=en |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-01/china-s-communist-party-names-wang-yi-to-lead-foreign-policy |access-date=2023-01-01}}</ref>


== Membership ==
== Membership ==
The membership of the commission generally consists of China's national leaders, including the CCP general secretary, the premier, the vice president, heads of the [[International Department of the Chinese Communist Party|International Department]] and [[Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party|Central Propaganda Department]], the director of the [[State Council Information Office]], the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (China)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]], the [[Minister of National Defense (China)|Minister of National Defense]], the [[Minister of Public Security (China)|Minister of Public Security]], the [[Minister of State Security (China)|Minister of State Security]], the [[Ministry of Commerce (China)|Minister of Commerce]], and heads of CCP and state agencies related to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and overseas Chinese.<ref name=":0" />

=== Leadership ===

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# [[Li Xiannian]] (1981–1988), [[Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP Vice Chairman]], [[President of China|President]]
# [[Li Peng]] (1988–1993), [[Premier of China|Premier]]
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# [[Jiang Zemin]] (1993–2003), [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP General Secretary]] and President
# [[Hu Jintao]] (2003–2013), CCP General Secretary and President
# [[Xi Jinping]] (2013–present), CCP General Secretary and President

[[File:Secretaries Tillerson and Mattis Host the U.S.-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue With Chinese State Councilor Yang and General Fang in Washington (34604966264).jpg|thumb|[[Yang Jiechi]] and General [[Fang Fenghui]] with [[James Mattis]] and [[Rex Tillerson]], June 2017]]
[[File:Secretaries Tillerson and Mattis Host the U.S.-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue With Chinese State Councilor Yang and General Fang in Washington (34604966264).jpg|thumb|[[Yang Jiechi]] and General [[Fang Fenghui]] with [[James Mattis]] and [[Rex Tillerson]], June 2017]]


=== 19th Committee ===
=== 19th Committee ===
Source:<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yue |first=Huairang |date=15 May 2018 |title=中央外事工作委员会领导层出炉 |trans-title=The leadership of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission announced |work=[[The Paper (newspaper)|The Paper]] |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2131634 |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>
*'''Leader'''
*'''Leader'''
**[[Xi Jinping]], [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]], [[President of the People's Republic of China]], [[Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China)|Chairman of the Central Military Commission]]
**[[Xi Jinping]], [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]], [[President of China]], [[Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China)|Chairman of the Central Military Commission]]
*'''Deputy leader'''
*'''Deputy leader'''
**[[Li Keqiang]], [[Premier of the People's Republic of China]], [[Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]] member
**[[Li Keqiang]], [[Premier of China]], [[Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]] member
*'''Group members'''
*'''Group members'''
**[[Wang Qishan]], [[Vice President of the People's Republic of China]]
**[[Wang Qishan]], [[Vice President of China]]
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**[[Yang Jiechi]], member of the [[Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party]]
**Others to be announced
**[[Huang Kunming]], Head of the [[Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party|Party Publicity Department]]
⚫
*'''Director of General Office and Secretary-General'''
**[[Wang Yi (politician)|Wang Yi]], [[State councillor|State Councilor]] and [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (China)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
⚫
**[[Yang Jiechi]], [[Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party]] member
**[[Wei Fenghe]], State Councilor and [[Minister of National Defense (China)|Minister of National Defense]]
**[[Zhao Kezhi]], State Councilor and [[Minister of Public Security (China)|Minister of Public Security]]
**[[Song Tao (diplomat)|Song Tao]], Head of the [[International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party|Party International Department]]
**[[Chen Wenqing]], [[Minister of State Security (China)|Minister of State Security]]
**[[Zhong Shan]] → [[Wang Wentao]], Minister of Commerce
**[[Liu Jieyi]], Director of the [[Taiwan Affairs Office]]
**[[Zhang Xiaoming]] → [[Xia Baolong]], Director of the [[Hong Kong and Macau Work Office|Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office]]
**[[Jiang Jianguo]] → [[Xu Lin (born 1963)|Xu Lin]], Director of the [[State Council Information Office]]
**[[Xu Yousheng]] → [[Pan Yue (politician)|Pan Yue]], Director of the [[Overseas Chinese Affairs Office]]
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*'''Director of the General Office and Secretary-General'''
**Yang Jiechi
*'''Deputy Director of the General Office'''
**[[Le Yucheng]], Executive Vice Foreign Minister


=== 20th Committee ===
=== 20th Committee ===
*'''Leader'''
*'''Leader'''
**[[Xi Jinping]], General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, President of the People's Republic of China, Chairman of the Central Military Commission
**[[Xi Jinping]], General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, President of China, Chairman of the Central Military Commission
*'''Deputy leader'''
*'''Deputy leader'''
**[[Li Qiang]], Premier of the People's Republic of China, Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party member
**[[Li Qiang]], Premier of China, member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
*'''Group members'''
*'''Group members'''
**[[Han Zheng]], [[Vice President of the People's Republic of China]]
**[[Han Zheng]], Vice President of China
*'''Director of General Office and Secretary-General'''
*'''Director of General Office and Secretary-General'''
**[[Wang Yi (politician)|Wang Yi]], Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party member
**[[Wang Yi (politician)|Wang Yi]], member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

== Chronological list of leaders ==
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# [[Li Xiannian]], [[Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP Vice-chairman]], [[President of the People's Republic of China|President]] (1981–1988)
# [[Li Peng]], [[Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP Politburo Standing Committee]] member and [[Premier of the People's Republic of China|Premier]] (1988–1993)
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# [[Jiang Zemin]], [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP General Secretary]] and [[President of the People's Republic of China|President]] (1993–2004)
# [[Hu Jintao]], [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP General Secretary]] and [[President of the People's Republic of China|President]] (2004–2013)
# [[Xi Jinping]], [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP General Secretary]] and [[President of the People's Republic of China|President]] (2013–)


== References==
== References==
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China]]
* [[Foreign relations of China]]
* [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China]]
* [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China]]
* [[National Security Commission of the Chinese Communist Party]]
* [[National Security Commission of the Chinese Communist Party]]

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Central Foreign Affairs Commission
中国共产党中央委员会外事工作委员会
Formation1981; 43 years ago (1981)
TypeSupra-ministerial policy coordination and consultation body
Location
  • Beijing
Leader
Xi Jinping
Deputy Leader
Li Qiang
Office Director
Wang Yi
Parent organization
Central Committee
SubsidiariesMinistry of Foreign Affairs
Central Foreign Affairs Commission
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The Foreign Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, commonly called the Central 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.

The group was first established as the Central Foreign Affairs Leading Group (FALG) in 1958. Disbanded during the Cultural Revolution, it was restored by Deng Xiaoping in 1981. The FALG was upgraded to the Central Foreign Affairs Commission in March 2018.

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. Since 1993, the group has been led by the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the premier has served as the deputy leader of the group. It is currently chaired by CCP general secretary Xi Jinping, with premier Li Qiang as its deputy leader.

History

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The Central Foreign Affairs Leading Group, also called the Central Foreign Affairs Leadership Small Group (FALG or FALSG; Chinese: 中央外事工作领导小组; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Wàishì Gōngzuò Lǐngdǎo Xiǎozǔ), was first established in March 1958.[1]: 74  It was disbanded during the Cultural Revolution and restored in 1981 as Deng Xiaoping increased the number of stakeholders involved in the development of foreign policy.[2]: 177  The group has historically been a semi-institutional foreign policy coordination body,[2]: 177  and became a forum for the central leadership in charge of foreign policy to meet regularly with top bureaucrats to discuss priorities, achieve consensus, and prepare recommendations for the Politburo.[2]: 178  It was the only standing foreign policy coordination body until the aftermath of the United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, which prompted the creation of the Central National Security Leadership Small Group (NSLSG) in 2000 to coordinate national security crisis response.[2]: 178 

In March 2018, the leading group was upgraded to the Central Foreign Affairs Commission.[3]: 8 [4] It also was put in charge of maritime rights and interests following the disestablishment of the Central Leading Group for Safeguarding Maritime Rights and Interests.[5]

Functions

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The commission is the top CCP institution dedicated to China's foreign affairs. Through the commission, the CCP leadership makes decisions, assigns responsibilities and oversees implementation on a broad range of foreign-related activities.[6] The policies handled by the commission include traditional diplomacy, party-to-party diplomacy, external propaganda, external trade, intelligence activities overseas, counterespionage, and internal aspects of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan affairs. The meetings of the commission are rarely publicized.[6]

The Foreign Relations Law of the People's Republic of China states that the commission is "responsible for policy making, deliberation and coordination relating to the conduct of foreign relations".[7][8] The law further states that the commission "considers and formulates the State's foreign relations strategy and related major principles and policies, and provides guidance for their implementation" and that it is "responsible for top-level design, coordination and holistic advancement of work concerning foreign relations, and supervises its implementation".[8]

The Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission is its administrative agency, operating secretively like its parent body.[6] The Office is responsible for executing and coordinating the implementation of the decisions and directives of the commission. It additionally conducts research and makes suggestions on international relations, drafts and oversees foreign-related laws and regulations, handles foreign-related inquiries from Party, state and local bodies, and organizes work on maritime rights and interests.[6]

Though the office itself is a ministerial-level institution, the director of the Office has been a member of the Politburo and at the sub national-level leader.[6] Generally, the director has greater authority than the Minister of Foreign Affairs.[9]: 77–78  The director of the commission's Office, currently Wang Yi, is the top diplomat of the People's Republic of China.[10]

Membership

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The membership of the commission generally consists of China's national leaders, including the CCP general secretary, the premier, the vice president, heads of the International Department and Central Propaganda Department, the director of the State Council Information Office, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of National Defense, the Minister of Public Security, the Minister of State Security, the Minister of Commerce, and heads of CCP and state agencies related to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and overseas Chinese.[6]

Leadership

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  1. Li Xiannian (1981–1988), CCP Vice Chairman, President
  2. Li Peng (1988–1993), Premier
  3. Jiang Zemin (1993–2003), CCP General Secretary and President
  4. Hu Jintao (2003–2013), CCP General Secretary and President
  5. Xi Jinping (2013–present), CCP General Secretary and President
Yang Jiechi and General Fang Fenghui with James Mattis and Rex Tillerson, June 2017

19th Committee

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Source:[11]

20th Committee

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  • Leader
    • Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, President of China, Chairman of the Central Military Commission
  • Deputy leader
    • Li Qiang, Premier of China, member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
  • Group members
  • Director of General Office and Secretary-General
    • Wang Yi, member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

References

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  1. ^ Tsang, Steve; Cheung, Olivia (2024). The Political Thought of Xi Jinping. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780197689363.
  2. ^ a b c d Zhao, Suisheng (2023). The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. doi:10.1515/9781503634152. ISBN 978-1-5036-3088-8. OCLC 1331741429.
  3. ^ Loh, Dylan M.H. (2024). China's Rising Foreign Ministry: Practices and Representations of Assertive Diplomacy. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9781503638204.
  4. ^ Legarda, Helena (1 August 2018). "In Xi's China, the Center Takes Control of Foreign Affairs". The Diplomat. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  5. ^ Gore, Lance (3 October 2023). "How Xi Jinping built a party-centred administrative regime". ThinkChina. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Decoding Chinese Politics". Asia Society. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  7. ^ Rudolf, Moritz (28 June 2023). "China's Foreign Relations Law: Balancing "Struggle" with Beijing's "Responsible Great Power" Narrative". NPC Observer. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  8. ^ a b "The Law on Foreign Relations of the People's Republic of China". Xinhua News Agency. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  9. ^ Šebok, Filip (2023). "China's Political System". In Kironska, Kristina; Turscanyi, Richard Q. (eds.). Contemporary China: a New Superpower?. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-03-239508-1.
  10. ^ "China's Communist Party Names Wang Yi to Lead Foreign Policy". Bloomberg News. 2023-01-01. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  11. ^ Yue, Huairang (15 May 2018). "中央外事工作委员会领导层出炉" [The leadership of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission announced]. The Paper. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

See also

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