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. It is currently chaired by CCP General Secretary and President

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, ...

, with Premier Li Keqiang 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 The general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party () is the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1989, the CCP general secretary has been the paramount leader ...

and President of the People's Republic of China.

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 Li Xiannian (pronounced ; 23 June 1909 – 21 June 1992) was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, President of the People's Republic of China (''de jure'' head of state) from 1983 to 1988 under Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping and t ...

, a leading member of the

Eight Elders The Eight Great Eminent Officials (), abbreviated as the Eight Elders (), were a group of elderly members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) who held substantial power in the last two decades of the 20th century. In the English-speaking world, t ...

, 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 Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. After CCP ...

, 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 **

, President of the People's Republic of China,

Chairman of the Central Military Commission Chairman of the Central Military Commission may refer to: *Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China) *Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea See also *Secretary of the Central Military Commission of the ...

*Deputy leader ** Li Keqiang, Premier of the People's Republic of China, Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party member *Director of General Office and Secretary-General **

Yang Jiechi Yang Jiechi (; born 1 May 1950) is a high-ranking Chinese politician and diplomat, who served as a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party between 2017 and 2022. Yang spent much of his professional life in the United States, wh ...

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member *Deputy director of General Office ** Le Yucheng, Deputy foreign minister of the People's Republic of China *Group members ** Wang Qishan,

Vice President of the People's Republic of China The vice president of the People's Republic of China (), also known as state vice chairman (), is a senior position in the government of the People's Republic of China. It was formerly translated as the vice chairman of the People's Republic of ...

** Wang Yi,

State councillor A state councillor () is a high-ranking position within the State Council, the executive organ of the Chinese government (comparable to a cabinet). It ranks immediately below the Vice-Premiers and above the ministers of various departments. ...

, Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China **Others to be announced

Chronological list of leaders

, CCP Vice-chairman,

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

(1981–1988) #

Li Peng Li Peng (; 20 October 1928 – 22 July 2019) was a Chinese politician who served as the fourth Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1987 to 1998, and as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Ch ...

, CCP Politburo Standing Committee member and Premier (1988–1993) #

Jiang Zemin Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as pr ...

, CCP General Secretary and

(1993–2004) # Hu Jintao, CCP General Secretary and

(2004–2013) #

, CCP General Secretary and

(2013–)

History

Current membership

Chronological list of leaders

References

See also