All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese

The All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC) is a people's organization of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to influence overseas Chinese.^[1][2][3] Part of the united front, ACFROC has 27 seats on the national committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[4][5]

All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese

中华全国归国华侨联合会
Formation	June 1956; 68 years ago (1956-06)
Type	People's organization
Headquarters	3 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing
President	Wan Lijun
Affiliations	Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Website	www.chinaql.org

All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese
Simplified Chinese	中华全国归国华侨联合会
Traditional Chinese	中華全國歸國華僑聯合會
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Quánguó Guīguó Huáqiáo Liánhéhuì
Abbreviation
Simplified Chinese	中国侨联
Traditional Chinese	中國僑聯
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Qiáolián
Alternate abbreviation
Simplified Chinese	全国侨联
Traditional Chinese	全國僑聯
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Quánguó Qiáolián

History

In July 1937, the "Office for Overseas Chinese in Yan'an" was established, who on 5 September 1940 organized the first "Yan'an Overseas Chinese Congress". At the congress, the "Yan'an Overseas Chinese National Salvation Association" was created, which on 12 March 1946 changed its name to "Yan'an Overseas Chinese Association", and again in 1948 to "China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese from Liberated Areas".^[4]

In June 1956, following a decree from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, the "Preparatory Committee of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese" was created, and later on 12 October, the "All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese" was formed in Beijing.^[4]

On 21 March 2018, the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issued a plan on Deepening Reform of Party and State Institutions [zh], stating that the responsibility of maintaining relations with overseas Chinese individuals and associations are to be transferred from the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office to the ACFROC.^[6]

Organization

Presidents

1. Tan Kah Kee (October 1956 – August 1961)
2. Zhuang Xiquan (December 1978 – April 1984)
3. Zhang Guoji (April 1984 – December 1989)
4. Zhuang Yanlin (December 1989 – June 1994)
5. Yang Taifang (June 1994 – July 1999)
6. Lin Zhaoshu (July 1999 – January 2008)
7. Lin Jun (January 2008 – June 2017)
8. Wan Lijun (June 2017 – Incumbent)

See also

• People's organization
• United front (China)

References

1. Suryadinata, Leo (25 January 2017). The Rise of China and the Chinese Overseas: A Study of Beijing's Changing Policy in Southeast Asia and Beyond. ISEAS Publishing. doi:10.1355/9789814762656. ISBN 978-981-4762-65-6.
2. Joske, Alex (9 June 2020). "The party speaks for you: Foreign interference and the Chinese Communist Party's united front system". Australian Strategic Policy Institute. JSTOR resrep25132. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
3. Yoshihara, Toshi; Bianchi, Jack (1 July 2020). "Uncovering China's Influence in Europe: How Friendship Groups Coopt European Elites". Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. p. 33. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
4. "中国侨联简况". 中华全国归国华侨联合会. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
5. 中国人民政治协商会议第十二届全国委员会委员名单 [List of members of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.]. Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
6. Joske, Alex (9 May 2019). "Reorganizing the United Front Work Department: New Structures for a New Era of Diaspora and Religious Affairs Work". Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

External links

• Official website