Foreign Affairs Leading Group

Foreign Affairs Leading Group
中央外事工作领导小组

Formation	1981
Type	Supra-ministerial policy coordination and consultation body
Location	Beijing
Leader	Xi Jinping
Deputy Leaders	Li Yuanchao
Chief of General Office	Yang Jiechi
Parent organization	Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Subsidiaries	General Office of the Foreign Affairs Leading Group

The Foreign Affairs Leading Group of the Communist Party of China (FALG) (simplified Chinese: 中央外事工作领导小组; traditional Chinese: 中央外事工作領導小組; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Wàishì Gōngzuò Lǐngdǎo Xiǎozǔ) is a ad hoc supra-ministerial policy coordination and consultation body of the Communist Party of China that exercises general oversight on matters related to foreign affairs. It is currently chaired by Xi Jinping and contains several senior members of the People's Republic of China leadership.

The FALG became much more important in the 1990s as the PRC leadership became much more institutionalized and less focused on factional and informal politics. Since 1993 the leader of the group had also served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.

Current Membership

Since November 2012

• Leader
  • Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
• Deputy Leader
  • Li Yuanchao, Vice President of the People's Republic of China, Politburo member
• Chief of General Office and Secretary-General
  • Yang Jiechi
• Group members
  • Liu Qibao, Politburo member, Head of CPC Propaganda Department
  • Wang Jiarui, Head of the CPC International Liaison Department
  • Yang Jiechi, State Councilor in charge of foreign affairs, concurrently Secretary-General
  • Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Chang Wanquan, State Councilor, Minister of National Defence
  • Guo Shengkun, State Councilor, Minister of Public Security
  • Geng Huichang, Minister of State Security
  • Gao Hucheng, Minister of Commerce
  • Zhang Zhijun, CPC Taiwan Office chief
  • Wang Guangya, chief of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office
  • Wang Chen, chief of the State Council Information Office
  • Qiu Yuanping, chief of the Office for Overseas Chinese Affairs

See also

• Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China

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