Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs

Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs
中央对台工作领导小组

Formation	1979
Type	Supra-ministerial policy coordination and consultation body
Location	Beijing
Leader	Xi Jinping
Deputy Leader	Yu Zhengsheng
Secretary-General	Yang Jiechi
Taiwan Affairs Office Chief	Zhang Zhijun
Parent organization	Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Subsidiaries	Taiwan Affairs Office

The Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs (Chinese: 中央对台工作领导小组; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Duìtái Gōngzuò Lǐngdǎo Xiǎozǔ) is an internal policy coordination group of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council of the People's Republic of China, reporting to the Politburo, in charge of supervising and coordinating Beijing's policy towards Taiwan, including developing cross-strait relations. It was established in 1979 and it is led by the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 1989.

List of Leaders

1. Deng Yingchao (1979–1987)
2. Yang Shangkun (1987–1989)
3. Jiang Zemin (1989–2002)
4. Hu Jintao (2002–2012)
5. Xi Jinping (2012–present)

Current composition

• Leader
  • Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, President of the People's Republic of China
• Deputy Leader
  • Yu Zhengsheng, Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
• Chief of General Office
  • Zhang Zhijun
• Members
  • Wang Qishan, Politburo Standing Committee, Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
  • Liu Qibao, Head of CPC Propaganda Department
  • Yang Jing, Secretary-General of the State Council, Secretary of the CPC Central Secretariat
  • Du Qinglin, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
  • Fan Changlong, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
  • Yang Jiechi, State Councilor in charge of foreign affairs
  • Zhang Zhijun, concurrently chief of the Taiwan Affairs Office
  • Gao Hucheng, Minister of Commerce
  • Geng Huichang, Minister of Public Security
  • Sun Jianguo, Deputy Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army

Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Major organs	Politburo Politburo Standing Committee General Secretary Secretariat Central Military Commission
Departments	General Office Central Security Bureau Secrecy Office Cryptography Office Central Archives Organization Department Publicity Department United Front Work Department International Liaison Department Policy Research Office
Institutions	Central Party School Party History Research Office Compilation and Translation Bureau People's Daily Qiushi Guangming Daily Executive Leadership Academies Pudong Yan'an Jinggangshan
Commissions	National Security Political and Legal Affairs Spiritual Civilization Public Security Management Institutional Organization Office Secrecy Office
Leading Groups	Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Financial and Economic Affairs Foreign Affairs Inspection Work Internet Security and Informatization Office Cryptography Work Office Military Reform Propaganda and Ideology Taiwan Office Hong Kong and Macau Office Prevention and Handling of Cult Issues Office
Sittings	1st (1921) vacant 2nd (1922) 3rd (1923) 4th (1925) 5th (1927) 6th (1928) 7th (1945) 8th (1956) 9th (1969) 10th (1973) 11th (1977) 12th (1982) 13th (1987) 14th (1992) 15th (1997) 16th (2002) 17th (2007) 18th (2012)