Central Foreign Affairs Commission
The Central Foreign Affairs Commission, formerly known as the Central Foreign Affairs Leading Group is a commission of the Central Committee 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 its office director and Premier Li Keqiang is deputy director. Politburo member Yang Jiechi, and its membership includes officials of minister-rank and above.
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.
In March 2018, the leading group was redesignated the Central Foreign Affairs Commission.Current Membership
Since November 2017
and General Fang Fenghui with James Mattis and Rex Tillerson, June 2017
- Li Xiannian
- Li Peng
- Jiang Zemin
- Hu Jintao
- Xi Jinping
