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| 中国人民对外友好协会 | |
| Abbreviation | CPAFFC |
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| Formation | May 1954 |
| Founded at | Beijing |
| Type | People's organization |
| Headquarters | 1 Taijichang Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing |
Chair | Yang Wanming |
Parent organization | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China |
| Subsidiaries | China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development |
| Affiliations | Chinese Communist Party |
| Website | www |
| Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国人民对外友好协会 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國人民對外友好協會 | ||||||
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| Abbreviation | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 对外友协 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 對外友協 | ||||||
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The Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) is one of the major foreign affairs organizations of the People's Republic of China. The organization is officially termed a "people's organization" and manages China's sister city relationships.[1] Its stated aim is to promote friendship and mutual understanding between the Chinese people and foreign nations but observers have pointed out that it functions as a front organization in the united front system used to influence and co-opt elites to promote the interests of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) while downplaying its association with the CCP.[2][3][4][5]
The CPAFFC was founded in May 1954 to promote civic exchanges with countries that did not have diplomatic relations with the PRC.[6] The CPAFFC has been described as the "public face" of the CCP's United Front Work Department.[7] Its leadership is drawn from the upper ranks of the Chinese Communist Party and, as part of the United Front Work Department, it has as its goal "to make the foreign serve China" (Chinese: 洋为中用; pinyin: yáng wéi Zhōng yòng; lit. 'overseas become China use').[8] The CPAFFC sponsors and coordinates various front organizations and influence operations in other countries at the national and sub-national level.[5][9]
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