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The Taiwan Affairs Office is an administrative agency under the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is responsible for Cross-Strait relations and sets and implements guidelines and policies related to Taiwan. Under the "one institution with two names" arrangement, it is equivalent to the Chinese Communist Party's Taiwan Work Office under the CCP Central Committee; the party title is used for party-to-party interactions with Taiwan.
| 国务院台湾事务办公室 中共中央台灣工作辦公室 | |
 Logo of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council | |
 Headquarters in Beijing | |
| 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 | 國務院台灣事務辦公室 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | State Affairs Court Taiwan Affairs Office | ||||||
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| Acronym | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 国台办 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 國台辦 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | State Taiwan Office | ||||||
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The office promotes Chinese unification and manages activities pertaining to the relationship across the Taiwan Strait and which may require interfacing with the government of Taiwan.[1] These include: preparing for negotiations and agreements; direct mail, transport and trade links; controlling and censoring media and public relations; handling major incidents;[2] economic planning; intergovernmental exchanges and cooperation; personnel exchanges, observers and symposia; and work for international conferences involving Taiwan.
History
editIn 2007, the Taiwan Affairs Office established the Association of Taiwan Investment Enterprises on the Mainland (ATIEM), consisting of Taiwanese businesses operating in mainland China.[3] Prior to the 2012 Taiwanese legislative and presidential elections, ATIEM organized discounted flights to Taiwan for Taishang to vote in Taiwanese elections.[4][5]
List of directors
edit| 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 – |
List of spokespersons
edit| 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 |
See also
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- Mainland Affairs Council, counterpart body in Taiwan
- Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, semi-official contact body
- Straits Exchange Foundation, counterpart semi-official contact body in Taiwan
- Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China
- Hong Kong and Macau Work Office
References
edit- ^ "China calls on Taiwan's people to promote 'peaceful reunification'". Reuters. January 2, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
- ^ Blanchard, Ben (25 Jun 2016). "China says has stopped communication mechanism with Taiwan". Reuters. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ Hsiao, Russell (2023-04-19). "China Ramps Up Economic Coercion on Taiwan Ahead of 2024 Elections". Global Taiwan Institute. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- ^ "How China's shadowy agency is working to absorb Taiwan". Reuters. 2014-11-27. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ^ Barss, Edward J. (2022-02-06). Chinese Election Interference in Taiwan. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003157434. ISBN 978-1-000-51949-5. OCLC 1273727799. S2CID 245973725.