Taiwan Affairs Office

It is responsible for Cross-Strait relations and sets and implements guidelines and policies related to the Republic of China (Taiwan). Under the "one institution with two names" arrangement, it is equivalent to 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.

Taiwan Affairs Office

国务院台湾事务办公室 中共中央台灣工作辦公室
Logo of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council
Headquarters in Beijing
Agency overview
Formed	1955 (party) 1988 (state)
Preceding agency	People's Bureau of Unification (1955–1988)
Type	Ministerial level agency
Jurisdiction	People's Republic of China
Headquarters	6-1 Guang'anmen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
Agency executives	Song Tao, Director Zheng Lizhong Sun Yafu Ye Kedong Chen Yuanfeng, Deputy Directors
Parent agency	Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs
Child agency	Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits
Website	www.gwytb.gov.cn

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. These include: preparing for negotiations and agreements; direct mail, transport and trade links; controlling and censoring media and public relations; handling major incidents; economic planning; intergovernmental exchanges and cooperation; personnel exchanges, observers and symposia; and work for international conferences involving Taiwan.

In 2007, the Taiwan Affairs Office established the Association of Taiwan Investment Enterprises on the Mainland [zh] (ATIEM), consisting of Taiwanese businesses operating in mainland China. Prior to the 2012 Taiwanese legislative and presidential elections, ATIEM organized discounted flights to Taiwan for Taishang to vote in Taiwanese elections.

• Mainland Affairs Council, counterpart body in Taiwan
• Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, semi-official contact body
• Straits Exchange Foundation, counterpart semi-official contact body in Taiwan
• Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China
• Hong Kong and Macau Work Office