| Agency Name: | National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China |
| Nativename A: | Chinese: 中华人民共和国国家民族事务委员会 |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of China |
| Headquarters: | Beijing |
| Minister1 Name: | Pan Yue |
| Minister1 Pfo: | Head of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission |
| Parent Agency: | United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Child1 Agency: | Publishing House of Minority Nationalities |
| S: | 中华人民共和国国家民族事务委员会 |
| T: | 中華人民共和國國家民族事務委員會 |
| L: | National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China |
| P: | Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Guójiā Mínzú Shìwù Wěiyuánhuì |
| Zha: | Cunghvaz Yinzminz Gunghozgoz Guekgya Minzcuz Swvu Veijyenzvei |
| Uig: | جۇڭخۇا خەلق جۇمھۇرىيتى دۆلەت مىللەت ئىشلىرى كومىتېتى |
| Mong: | ᠪᠥᠬᠥᠳᠡ ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠬᠡᠷᠡᠭ ᠡᠷᠬᠢᠯᠡᠬᠦ ᠬᠣᠷᠢᠶᠠ |
| Order: | st |
| S2: | 国家民委 |
| T2: | 國家民委 |
| P2: | Guójiā Mínwěi |
| L2: | National Ethnic-Commission |
The National Ethnic Affairs Commission (NEAC) is a body under the leadership of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party that is responsible for administering the Chinese ethnic policies, researching ethnological theories, carrying out ethnic work and education, supervising the implementation and improvement of the system of regional ethnic autonomy, and overseeing the protection of the rights and interests of ethnic minorities in China.[1] [2]
In 1949, the Ethnic Affairs Commission of the Central People's Government (Chinese: 中央人民政府民族事务委员会) was established. In 1954, the Ethnic Affairs Commission of the Central People's Government was renamed the Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中华人民共和国民族事务委员会). The PRC Ethnic Affairs Commission was abolished in 1970.[3] The State Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中华人民共和国国家民族事务委员会) was established.[4] In 1978 and since then it has been acting as a Constituent departments of the State Council.[5] [6]
According to the Program for Deepening the Reform of Party and State Institutions issued by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on March 21, 2018, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission is under the leadership of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[7] [8] [9] The State Ethnic Affairs Commission remains as a constituent department of the State Council.[10]
On August 31, 2020, according to the National Development and Reform Commission's Implementation Opinions on Comprehensively Pushing Forward the Reform of Delinking Trade Associations and Administrative Organs, the China Association of Ethnic Folk Crafts and Arts Artists, the China Ethnic Economy Promotion Association for Foreign Cooperation, and the National Association of Ethnic Secondary Education, formerly under the supervision of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, have been separated from the State Ethnic Affairs Commission.[11] [12]
According to the Provisions on the Functional Configuration, Internal Organizations and Staffing of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission and the Approval of the Central Editorial Office on Adjusting the Organizational Establishment of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, the NEAC has set up the following organizations:[13]
| 1 | Li Weihan (Chinese: 李维汉) | October 1949 | September 1954[14] | ||
| 2 | Ulanhu (Chinese: 乌兰夫) | September 1954 | January 1975 | ||
| 3 | Yang Jingren (Chinese: 杨静仁) | March 1978 | January 1986 | ||
| 4 | Ismail Amat (Chinese: 司马义·艾买提) | January 1986 | March 1998 | ||
| 5 | Li Dezhu (Chinese: 李德洙) | March 1998 | March 2008 | ||
| 6 | Yang Jing (Chinese: 杨晶) | March 2008 | 16 March 2013 | ||
| 7 | Wang Zhengwei (Chinese: 王正伟) | 16 March 2013 | 28 April 2016[15] | ||
| 8 | Bagatur (Chinese: 巴特尔) | 28 April 2016 | 14 December 2020 | ||
| 9 | Chen Xiaojiang (Chinese: 陈小江) | 14 December 2020 | 24 June 2022[16] [17] | ||
| 10 | Pan Yue (潘岳) | Han | 24 June 2022 |