All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese explained

All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese
Native Name:	中华全国归国华侨联合会
Native Name Lang:	zh
Type:	People's organization
Headquarters:	3 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Wan Lijun
Affiliations:	Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

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]}

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".

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.

On 21 March 2018, the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issued a plan on, 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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Suryadinata, Leo. The Rise of China and the Chinese Overseas: A Study of Beijing's Changing Policy in Southeast Asia and Beyond. 25 January 2017. ISEAS Publishing. 978-981-4762-65-6. 10.1355/9789814762656.
2. Web site: Joske . Alex . Alex Joske . 9 June 2020 . The party speaks for you: Foreign interference and the Chinese Communist Party's united front system . live . en . . resrep25132 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200609000729/https://www.aspi.org.au/report/party-speaks-you . 9 June 2020 . 9 June 2020 . free.
3. Web site: Yoshihara. Toshi. Bianchi. Jack. 1 July 2020. Uncovering China's Influence in Europe: How Friendship Groups Coopt European Elites. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200716121153/https://csbaonline.org/research/publications/uncovering-chinas-influence-in-europe-how-friendship-groups-coopt-european-elites. 16 July 2020. 8 August 2020. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. 33. en.
4. Web site: 中国侨联简况. 17 October 2020. 中华全国归国华侨联合会. 14 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191014005409/http://www.chinaql.org/n1/2018/0622/c419629-30075909.html. live.
5. Web site: zh: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. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180106232120/http://www.cppcc.gov.cn/zxww/2014/02/27/ARTI1393487184783942.shtml . 6 January 2018 . 1 January 2018 . . zh.
6. News: Joske . Alex . Alex Joske . 9 May 2019 . Reorganizing the United Front Work Department: New Structures for a New Era of Diaspora and Religious Affairs Work . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190721191900/https://jamestown.org/program/reorganizing-the-united-front-work-department-new-structures-for-a-new-era-of-diaspora-and-religious-affairs-work/ . 21 July 2019 . 11 October 2019 . . en-US.