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| 中央对台工作领导小组 | |
| Formation | 1979 |
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| Type | Supra-ministerial policy coordination and consultation body |
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Leader | Xi Jinping |
Deputy Leader | Wang Huning |
Secretary-General | Wang Yi |
Taiwan Affairs Office Chief | Song Tao |
Parent organization | Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Subsidiaries | Taiwan Affairs Office |
| Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中央对台工作领导小组 | ||||||
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TheCentral Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs is an internal policy coordination group of theCentral Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, reporting to thePolitburo of the Chinese Communist Party, in charge of supervising and coordinating China's policy ofunification towardsTaiwan. It was established in 1979 and has been led by theGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 1989.
The first CCP decision-making body related to Taiwan was established in July 1954 by the CCP Central Committee based onMao Zedong's suggestion, named the Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs. Additionally, PremierZhou Enlai was put in charge of Taiwan-related work.[1]
The work of the group was, along with almost all other leading groups, suspended during theCultural Revolution.[2] After the end of the Cultural Revolution, the Central Leading Group was restored in December 1979.[2]
The group is the top policy body of the CCP in affairs related to Taiwan. Since the PRC considers Taiwan part of its own territory, the group is outside China's foreign affairs system. The group's executive arm is the Office of the Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs, which has the external name of theTaiwan Affairs Office of the State Council under the "one institution with two names" system.[3]
The group has been led by the CCP general secretary since its founding. Additionally, thechairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference has been its deputy leader, while the director of the Office of theCentral Foreign Affairs Commission has been its secretary-general. Other members have included avice premier, avice chairman of the Central Military Commission, heads of theCCP General Office,Central Propaganda Department, and theUnited Front Work Department, theMinister of Foreign Affairs, theMinister of Commerce, theMinister of State Security, and the director of theTaiwan Affairs Office.[3]