The National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee () is one of nine special committees of the

National People's Congress The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC; ), or simply the National People's Congress, is constitutionally the supreme state authority and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. With 2, ...

( NPC), the national legislature of the

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. The special committee was created during the first session of the

6th National People's Congress The 6th National People's Congress () was in session from 1983 to 1988. It held five sessions in this period. Elections to the Congress This new Congress was the first under the current 1982 Constitution, and the first to be elected under the r ...

in June 1983, and has existed for every National People's Congress since. Composed of a chairman, a number of vice-chairmen, and several members, the Foreign Affairs Committee is responsible for reviewing and deliberating on proposed

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regarding foreign affairs including the signing or abrogation of

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and agreements with other nations for delivery to the NPC, reviewing and replying to inquiries submitted by the NPC regarding

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, communicate with foreign counterparts, make statements for major issues related to Chinese foreign affairs, present briefings to relevant departments on international issues, and all other tasks given it by the

Membership

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