Overseas Chinese Affairs Office

Overseas Chinese Affairs Office
国务院侨务办公室
Agency overview
Preceding agency
  • Committee of Overseas Chinese Affairs
StatusExternal name of the United Front Work Department
Headquarters35 Fuchengmenwai Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
Agency executives
Parent departmentUnited Front Work Department
Child agency
  • Chinese Overseas Exchange Association
Websitewww.gqb.gov.cn
Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuówùyuàn Qiáowù Bàngōngshì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggwok3 mou6 jyun2 kiu4 mou6 baan6 gung1 sat1

The Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council (OCAO) is an external name of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Prior to 2018, OCAO was an administrative office under the State Council of the People's Republic of China responsible for liaising with and influencing overseas Chinese as part of its united front efforts. Due to the 2018 party and government reform in China, OCAO was merged into the UFWD, with its functions being taken up by the department. Under the arrangement "one institution with two names", UFWD reserves the name "Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council", generally used when dealing in public statements and dealing with the outside world.