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Formation
  
1981

Leader
  
Xi Jinping

Chief of General Office
  
Yang Jiechi

Location
  
Beijing

Deputy Leaders
  
Li Yuanchao

Foreign Affairs Leading Group

Type
  
Supra-ministerial policy coordination and consultation body

The Foreign Affairs Leading (Small) Group (FALG or FALSG) (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 Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, who is assisted by Vice President Li Yuanchao, and its membership includes officials of minister-rank and above.

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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 and President of the People's Republic of China.

The main execution body of the FALG is the Foreign Affairs Office.

Current Membership

Since November 2012

  • Leader
  • Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, President of the People's Republic of China, Chairman of the Central Military Commission
  • Deputy Leader
  • Li Yuanchao, Vice President of the People's Republic of China, Politburo member
  • Chief of General Office and Secretary-General
  • Yang Jiechi, State Councilor
  • Group members
  • Liu Qibao, Politburo member, Head of the Propaganda Department
  • Song Tao, Head of the 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, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office
  • Wang Guangya, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office
  • Wang Chen, director of the State Council Information Office
  • Qiu Yuanping, director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office

    • List of Leaders

  • Li Xiannian (1981–1988)
  • Li Peng (1988–1993)
  • Jiang Zemin (1993–2002)
  • Hu Jintao (2002–2013)
  • Xi Jinping (2013–)

    • References

    Foreign Affairs Leading Group Wikipedia
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