| 国务院台湾事务办公室 中国共产党中央台湾工作办公室 | |
Logo of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council | |
Headquarters | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1955 (party) 1988 (state) |
| Preceding agency |
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| Type | Ministerial level agency |
| Jurisdiction | People's Republic of China |
| Headquarters | 6-1 Guang'anmen South Street,Xicheng District, Beijing |
| Agency executives |
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| Parent agency | Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs |
| Child agency | |
| Website | www |
| Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 国务院台湾事务办公室 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 國務院臺灣事務辦公室 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | State Affairs Court Taiwan Affairs Office | ||||||
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| Acronym | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 国台办 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 國臺辦 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | State Taiwan Office | ||||||
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TheTaiwan Affairs Office is anadministrative agency under theState Council of thePeople's Republic of China (PRC). It is responsible forcross-strait relations and sets and implements guidelines and policies related toTaiwan, which is claimed by the People's Republic of China asa province of its own. This organization has no relationship with the Taiwan government.
Under the "one institution with two names" arrangement, it is also theChinese Communist Party'sTaiwan Work Office under theCCP Central Committee; the party title is used for party-to-party interactions with Taiwan.
In 2007, the Taiwan Affairs Office established theAssociation of Taiwan Investment Enterprises on the Mainland [zh] (ATIEM), consisting of Taiwanese businesses operating inMainland China.[1] Prior to the2012 Taiwanese legislative andpresidential elections, ATIEM organized discounted flights to Taiwan forTaishang to vote in Taiwanese elections.[2][3]
In July 1999, the Taiwan Affairs Office established theTaiwan.cn news website.[4] In October 2025, Taiwan Affairs Office established aFacebook page where it issued bounties on key Taiwanese political figures.[5]
The office promotesChinese unification and manages activities pertaining to the relationship across theTaiwan Strait and which may require interfacing with the government of Taiwan.[6] These include: preparing for negotiations and agreements; direct mail, transport and trade links; propaganda and political influence work related to Taiwan; controlling andcensoring media and public relations; handling major incidents;[7] economic planning; intergovernmental exchanges and cooperation; personnel exchanges, observers and symposia; preparing meetings with Taiwanese politicians and officials; and work for international conferences involving Taiwan. It also manages a wide range of exchanges between mainland China and Taiwan in cultural, economic, and scholarly areas.[8]
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| Directors of the Central Committee Taiwan Affairs Office | |
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| Name | Duration of Office |
| Qi Yanming | 1955 – 1966 |
| Luo Qingchang | 1978 – 1982 |
| Yang Yindong | 1982 – September 1985 |
| Yang Side | 1985 – March 1991 |
| Directors of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office | |
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| Ding Guangen | 30 October 1988 – 16 November 1990 |
| Wang Zhaoguo | 16 November 1990 – 9 December 1996 |
| Chen Yunlin | 9 December 1996 – 3 June 2008 |
| Wang Yi | 3 June 2008 – 17 March 2013 |
| Zhang Zhijun | 17 March 2013 – 19 March 2018 |
| Liu Jieyi | 19 March 2018 – 28 December 2022 |
| Song Tao | 28 December 2022 – |
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| Spokespersons of the Taiwan Affairs Office | |
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| Name | Duration of office |
| Zhang Mingqing | September 2000 – 27 October 2004 |
| Li Weiyi | March 2002 – 17 December 2008 |
| Yang Yi | January 2007 – 25 September 2013 |
| Fan Liqing | January 2007 – 27 May 2015 |
| Ma Xiaoguang | January 2014 – June 2023 |
| An Fengshan | October 2015 – July 2019 |
| Zhu Fenglian | November 2019 – present |
| Chen Binhua | June 2023 – present |
| Wu Xi | December 2024[9] – present |
| Peng Qing'en | October 2025[10] – present |
| Zhang Han | November 2025[10] – present |