Committee for Ethnic and Religious Affairs
| 中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会 民族和宗教委员会 | |
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| Formation | March 15, 1995 |
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| Type | Special committee of the CPPCC |
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Chairperson | Zhang Yijiong |
Parent organization | Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会民族和宗教委员会 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國人民政治協商會議全國委員會民族和宗教委員會 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 全国政协民族和宗教委员会 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 全國政協民族和宗教委員會 | ||||||
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The Committee for Ethnic and Religious Affairs[1] is one of ten special committees of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party's united front system.
History
[edit]The Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee was created in March 1995 during the 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[2]
Functions
[edit]The committee conducts political consultations and supervises policy consultations in affairs related to ethnic minorities and religions, including Xinjiang and Tibet.[3]
List of chairpersons
[edit]| No. | Chairpersons | Took office | Left office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | Yang Jingren | June 1988 | 21 May 1993 | |
| 7th | Zhao Puchu | June 1988 | 21 May 1993 | |
| 8th | Jin Jian | 21 May 1993 | 16 March 1998 | |
| 8th | Zhao Puchu | 21 May 1993 | 16 March 1998 | |
| 9th | Uliji | 16 March 1998 | 15 March 2003 | |
| 10th | Niu Maosheng | 15 March 2003 | 15 March 2008 | |
| 11th | Tian Congming | 15 March 2008 | 13 March 2013 | |
| 12th | Zhu Weiqun | 13 March 2013 | 16 March 2018 | [4] |
| 13th | Wang Weiguang | 16 March 2018 | 13 March 2023 | [5] |
| 14th | Zhang Yijiong | 13 March 2023 | Incumbent |
References
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- ^ "Decoding Chinese Politics". Asia Society. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ Qu Bo (屈波), ed. (14 March 2013). 中央统战部副部长朱维群任十二届全国政协民族和宗教委员会主任(图/简历). sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ Feng Hu (冯虎), ed. (17 March 2018). 政协第十三届全国委员会民族和宗教委员会委员名单. Economic Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 July 2022.