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国务院台湾事务办公室 中共中央台湾工作办公室 | |
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Formed | 1955 (party) 1988 (state) |
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Type | Ministerial level agency |
Jurisdiction | People's Republic of China |
Headquarters | 6-1 Guang'anmen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing |
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Parent agency | Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs |
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Website | www |
Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 国务院台湾事务办公室 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 國務院臺灣事務辦公室 | ||||||
Literal meaning | State Affairs Court Taiwan Affairs Office | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 国台办 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 國臺辦 | ||||||
Literal meaning | State Taiwan Office | ||||||
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The Taiwan Affairs Office is an administrative agency under the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is responsible for cross-strait relations and sets and implements guidelines and policies related to Taiwan, which is claimed by the People's Republic of China as a province of its own. Under the "one institution with two names" arrangement, it is also the Chinese Communist Party's Taiwan Work Office under the CCP Central Committee; the party title is used for party-to-party interactions with Taiwan.
The office promotes Chinese unification and manages activities pertaining to the relationship across the Taiwan Strait and which may require interfacing with the government of Taiwan.[1] These include: preparing for negotiations and agreements; direct mail, transport and trade links; controlling and censoring media and public relations; handling major incidents;[2] economic planning; intergovernmental exchanges and cooperation; personnel exchanges, observers and symposia; and work for international conferences involving Taiwan.