Foreign Affairs Commission Under the CPC Central Committee

In March 2018, the CPC Central Committee released the Plan for Deepening the Reform of Party and Government Institutions. In line with this document, the Leading Group for Foreign Affairs under the Central Committee was turned into the Foreign Affairs Commission to take charge of top-level design, overall planning and coordination, and progressing external work on all fronts, and to oversee the execution of all relevant tasks. The commission has Xi Jinping as the head, and the work is done by an executive office.

The commission met for the first time on May 15, 2018. Xi said at the meeting that China faces both opportunities and challenges in a world of increasing uncertainty and instability. So it needs to observe the dictates of a changing international situation, follow the development trends of China as well as of the wider world, be aware of the risks and challenges ahead, and take preventive measures to ensure that potential problems are properly addressed. He urged better diplomatic planning, implementation of plans for major diplomatic activities, enhanced awareness of risks, and firm safeguarding of national sovereignty, security and development interests. He also demanded strengthening of the centralized, unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee over foreign affairs, acquiring an accurate understanding of the current international situation, and forging ahead to open new prospects of major-country diplomacy with distinctive Chinese characteristics, so as to contribute to the realization of the Two Centennial Goals and the Chinese Dream of national renewal.

中央外事工作委員會

2018年3月，中共中央印發(fā)了《深化黨和國家機(jī)構(gòu)改革方案》。根據(jù)該方案， 中央外事工作領(lǐng)導(dǎo)小組改為中央外事工作委員會，負(fù)責(zé)外事領(lǐng)域重大工作的頂層設(shè)計、總體布局、統(tǒng)籌協(xié)調(diào)、整體推進(jìn)、督促落實(shí)。中央外事工作委員會主任為習(xí)近平，辦事機(jī)構(gòu)是中央外事工作委員會辦公室。2018年5月15日，中央外事工作委員會第一次會議召開。習(xí)近平在講話中指出，當(dāng)今世界不確定不穩(wěn)定因素增多，中國發(fā)展面臨的機(jī)遇和挑戰(zhàn)并存。中國要準(zhǔn)確把握國際形勢變化的規(guī)律，既認(rèn)清中國和世界發(fā)展大勢，又看到前進(jìn)道路上面臨的風(fēng)險挑戰(zhàn)，未雨綢繆、妥善應(yīng)對，切實(shí)做好工作。要深化外交布局，落實(shí)重大外交活動規(guī)劃，增強(qiáng)風(fēng)險意識，堅定維護(hù)國家主權(quán)、安全、發(fā)展利益。要加強(qiáng)黨中央對外事工作的集中統(tǒng)一領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，準(zhǔn)確把握當(dāng)前國際形勢發(fā)展變化，銳意進(jìn)取、開拓創(chuàng)新，努力開創(chuàng)中國特色大國外交新局面，為實(shí)現(xiàn)“兩個一百年”奮斗目標(biāo)、實(shí)現(xiàn)中華民族偉大復(fù)興的中國夢作出更大貢獻(xiàn)。