Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs
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| 中央对台工作领导小组 | |
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| Formed | 1979 |
| Type | Leading small group |
| Jurisdiction | Chinese Communist Party |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
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| Parent agency | Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中央对台工作领导小组 | ||||||
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The Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs is an internal policy coordination group of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, reporting to the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, in charge of supervising and coordinating China's policy of unification towards Taiwan. It was established in 1979 and has been led by the General 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 on Mao Zedong's suggestion, named the Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs. Additionally, Premier Zhou 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 the Cultural Revolution.[2] After the end of the Cultural Revolution, the Central Leading Group was restored in December 1979.[2]
Functions
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 the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council under the "one institution with two names" system.[3]
