Taiwan Affairs Office

Taiwan Affairs Office
of the State Council

国务院台湾事务办公室 Guówùyuàn Táiwān Shìwù Bàngōngshì
Agency overview
Formed	1988
Jurisdiction	People's Republic of China
Headquarters	Beijing
Agency executives	Zhang Zhijun[1], Minister[2] Zheng Lizhong Sun Yafu Ye Kedong Chen Yuanfeng, Vice Ministers
Parent agency	State Council
Child agency	Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits
Website	www.gwytb.gov.cn (English)

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (Chinese: 国务院台湾事务办公室; pinyin: Guówùyuàn Táiwān Shìwù Bàngōngshì, sometimes abbreviated to 国台办; guó tái bàn) is an administrative agency under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for setting and implementing guidelines and policies related to Taiwan, as stipulated by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council itself.

According to the arrangement and authorization of the State Council, the office takes charge of relevant preparations for negotiations and agreements with what the PRC calls the "Taiwan authorities" (i.e., the government of the Republic of China and its authorized government organizations). The agency administers and coordinates direct links in mail, transport and trade across the Taiwan Strait, takes charge of the media and publicity work related to Taiwan, censors and releases news and information concerning Taiwan affairs, and handles major incidents related to Taiwan.^[3]

The Taiwan Affairs Council is also responsible for the coordination with overall planning the economic relations and trade related to Taiwan and exchanges and cooperation in such areas as finance, culture, academic research, sports, science and technology, health, and others with the departments concerned. It also manages personnel exchange, observations and symposia between the two sides and relevant work on international conferences involving Taiwan.

Members of the Taiwan Affairs Office are simultaneously members of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Taiwan Task Office. The latter title is used when dealing with officials in Taiwan on a party-to-party basis.

Organizational structure

• Department of Secretary
• Department of Personnel
• Department of Integration
• Department of Research
• Department of Information
• Department of Economy
• Department of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Related to Taiwan
• Department of Exchange
• Department of Law and Regulation
• Department of Complaints and Coordination
• CPC Committee Office of the Taiwan Affairs Office

List of directors

Zhang Zhijun

See also

• Cross-Strait relations, background
• 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 Affairs Office
• Ministry of Unification
• Minister of Intra-German Relations

References

External links

• Official website

Cross-Strait relations
People's Republic of China  Republic of China Organizations Taiwan Affairs Office Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits Communist Party of China Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Paramount leaders Xi Jinping Hu Jintao Jiang Zemin Deng Xiaoping People Chen Deming Chen Yunlin Zhang Zhijun Wang Yi Wang Daohan Organizations Mainland Affairs Council Straits Exchange Foundation Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party National Unification Council Presidents Tsai Ing-wen Ma Ying-jeou Chen Shui-bian Lee Teng-hui People Lin Join-sane Wang Yu-chi Chiang Pin-kung Lai Shin-Yuan Koo Chen-fu Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
Events	Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895) Retrocession of Taiwan (1945) February 28 Incident (1947) Chinese Civil War (1946–1950) First Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954–1955) Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958) PRC entry to the United Nations (1971) Lieyu Massacre (1987) Third Taiwan Strait Crisis (1995–1996) Anti-Secession Law (2005) Pan-Blue visits to mainland China (2005) Cross-Strait charter (2005–2008) Sunflower Movement (2014) 2014 Wang–Zhang meetings 2015 Xi–Chu meeting 2015 Ma–Xi meeting
Negotiations	Kinmen Agreement (1990) Wang–Koo summit (1993) Cross-Strait high-level talks (2008–current) Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (2010) Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum (2006–current) Straits Forum (2009–current) Shanghai-Taipei City Forum (2010–current) Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (2013) Cross-Strait Peace Forum (2013–current)
Concepts	Political status of Taiwan Chinese Unification One country, two systems One China, Better system Taiwan independence movement 1992 Consensus one China, respective interpretations no unification, no independence and no use of force Three Links One-China policy Two Chinas One Country on Each Side Three Noes Six Assurances Special state-to-state relations Four Noes and One Without Zhonghua Minzu Special non-state-to-state relations Cross-Strait Economic Zone Free area of the Republic of China Chinese Taipei

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