Committee of Foreign Affairs

Committee of Foreign Affairs

中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会 外事委员会
Formation	June 9, 1988; 36 years ago (1988-06-09)
Type	Special committee of the CPPCC
Location	Beijing
Chairperson	He Ping
Parent organization	Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Committee of Foreign Affairs
Simplified Chinese	中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会外事委员会
Traditional Chinese	中國人民政治協商會議全國委員會外事委員會
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Rénmín Zhèngzhì Xiéshāng Huìyì Quánguó Wěiyuánhuì Wàishì Wěiyuánhuì
Shortest form
Simplified Chinese	全国政协外事委员会
Traditional Chinese	全國政協外事委員會
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Quánguó Zhèngxié Wàishì Wěiyuánhuì

The Committee of Foreign Affairs^[1] is one of ten special committees of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party's united front system.

History

The Foreign Affairs Committee was created in June 1988 during the 7th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[2]

List of chairpersons

No.	Chairpersons	Took office	Left office	Notes
7th	Zhou Peiyuan	June 1988	21 May 1993	[3]
8th	Han Xu	21 May 1993	19 July 1994
8th	Qian Liren	15 January 1995	16 March 1998	[4]
9th	Tian Zengpei	16 March 1998	15 March 2003	[5]
10th	Liu Jianfeng	15 March 2003	15 March 2008
11th	Zhao Qizheng	15 March 2008	13 March 2013	[6]
12th	Pan Yunhe	13 March 2013	16 March 2018
13th	Lou Jiwei	16 March 2018	13 March 2023	[7]
14th	He Ping	13 March 2023	Incumbent

References

1. "中共四川省委外事工作委员会办公室（四川省外事办公室、四川省港澳事务办公室）". www.scwsb.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2023-12-16. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
2. 中国人民政治协商会议第七届全国委员会专门委员会组织通则. cppcc.gov.cn (in Chinese). 1988-06-09. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
3. Editorial Committee, ed. (1990). 中国人民政协辞典 [Dictionary of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference] (in Chinese). Beijing: CCP Central Party School Press. p. 248. ISBN 7-5035-0191-X.
4. Zhu Xun (朱训), ed. (1997). 中国人民政治协商会议年鉴 1995 [Yearbook of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 1995] (in Chinese). Beijing: People's Publishing House. p. 176. ISBN 7-01-002531-2.
5. Sun Zhaozhen (孙兆震); Zhang Mingxin (张明新) (3 March 2000). 田曾佩：政协的民主监督力度不断加强. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 July 2022.
6. 赵启正简历(图). Sohu (in Chinese). 9 February 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
7. Wu Hong (吴宏) (16 March 2018). 全国政协公布专委会名单 楼继伟任外事委主任. Caixin (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 July 2022.