The Central Foreign Affairs Commission is a commission of the

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(CCP) that exercises general oversight on matters related to foreign affairs. It is currently chaired by

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and President Xi Jinping, with Premier

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as its deputy leader. The main execution body of the Commission is the General Office which is currently headed by Wang Yi. Since 1993, the leader of the group had also served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and

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History

The Commission was first established in 1981 as the Central Foreign Affairs Leading Group (FALG or FALSG; ). 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.

Current membership

''Since November 2017'' *Leader ** Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party,

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*Deputy leader **

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member *Director of General Office and Secretary-General ** Yang Jiechi, Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party member *Deputy director of General Office **

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, Deputy foreign minister of the People's Republic of China *Group members **

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, Vice President of the People's Republic of China ** Wang Yi, State councillor,

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**Others to be announced

Chronological list of leaders

# Li Xiannian, CCP Vice-chairman, President (1981–1988) # Li Peng, CCP Politburo Standing Committee member and

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(1988–1993) # Jiang Zemin,

and President (1993–2004) #

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and President (2004–2013) # Xi Jinping,

and President (2013–)

History

Current membership

Chronological list of leaders

References

See also