China Federation of the Literary and Art Circles
Established in March 1949, it exercises such functions as
contacting, coordinating and serving its members. Through
conducting exchange activities and research among its member
associations, it reflects the situation in the creative fields and
their demands. It also takes care of matters among its member
associations that require unified arrangement.
The federation is served with a general affairs office, the
domestic liaison department, the international liaison department,
the personnel department, and the theory and research
department.
China
Association for Science and Technology
Established in 1958, it serves the purpose of promoting the
development of science and technology and popularizing the
knowledge of science.
It
consists of a general affairs office, planning and finance
department, organization and personnel department, scholarly
societies department, science popularization department,
international department, and publicity department.
All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese
Established on October 12, 1956, and while maintaining the overall
rights and interests of the entire population, it safeguards the
lawful rights and interests of returned overseas Chinese, their
relatives and Chinese living abroad, and shows concern and care for
the just rights and interests of Chinese living overseas.
The federation operates with a general affairs office, organization
and personnel department, legal work department, cultural liaison
department, and economic liaison department.
China Writers Association
Established on July 23, 1949, it persists in making literature and
art serve the people and socialism, implements the policies of
"letting hundred flowers blossom and hundred schools of thought
contend", fully respects the law of literary and artistic
creations, displays democracy in literature and art, guarantees the
freedom of creation, unites and organizes writers of all ethnic
groups to work creatively, develops socialist literature with
Chinese characteristics and works hard for building socialist
spiritual civilization and modernization.
It
consists of a general affairs office, creation liaison department,
external liaison department and personnel department.
China Law Association
Established in June 1949, it observes the following purposes: 1. To
unite legal workers of various ethnic groups to focus their work on
economic construction, persist in reform and opening up, the
principle of combining theory with practice, promote the study of
the theory of the socialist legal system, and contribute to the
building of socialist democracy and a legal system and promotion of
socialist modernization; 2. To organize and promote Chinese legal
workers to conduct academic exchanges and friendly contacts with
legal workers of other countries and regions in the world, develop
the study of law in different parts of the world and safeguard
world peace and promote common progress of the mankind.
The association operates a general affairs office, research
department, external liaison department, and personnel and
membership department.
Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign
Countries
Established on May 3, 1953, it takes the promotion of understanding
and friendship between the Chinese people and peoples in different
countries in the world, enhancing mutual economic, social,
cultural, scientific and educational exchanges and cooperation and
maintaining world peace as its purposes.
It
consists of a general affairs office, Asia and Africa department,
Japan department, Eurasia department, Asia-Pacific department, and
cultural exchange department.
China Council
for the Promotion of International Trade
Established in 1952, it works for the purposes of promoting foreign
trade, utilizing foreign investment, introducing advanced
technology and engaging in varied types of economic and
technological cooperation with people outside China, promoting
trade, economic and technological cooperation between China and
other countries, so as to enhance mutual understanding and
friendship between the Chinese people and people in other countries
and particularly between Chinese and foreign economic and trade
circles.
It
consists of a general affairs office, membership affairs
department, personnel department, liaison department, economic
information department, exhibition department and finance
department.
China
Disabled Persons' Federation
Established in November 1983 by the disabled and those working for
the disabled, the organization carries the three-fold functions of
representation, service and management: representing the common
interests of the disabled and safeguarding their lawful rights and
interests; uniting and educating the disabled and providing them
with services; and managing and developing understanding of the
disabled as entrusted by the government.
The federation consists of a general affairs office, development
department, organization liaison department, health restoration
department, education and employment department, publicity, culture
and sports department, international affairs department, planning
and finance department and personnel department.
Soong Ching Ling Foundation
Established on May 29, 1982, it serves the purposes of carrying on
the undertakings in culture, education, science and welfare for the
young people, promoting the healthy and sound progress of children,
enhancing international friendship, maintaining world peace and
unifying China which Soong Ching Ling, wife of Dr. Sun Yat-sen who
led the Revolution of 1911 that overthrew the Qing Dynasty, had
worked hard for during her lifetime.
The foundation operates a general affairs office, the foundation
department, external liaison department, children department and
management division for the former residence of Soong Ching
Ling.
All-China Journalists Association
Established in 1931, it serves the following purposes: to unite
journalists of all ethnic groups in the country, serve socialism
and the people, strengthen the building of journalistic staff,
safeguard the lawful rights and interests of journalists, promote
press reform, enrich and develop socialist journalistic
undertakings, conduct international exchanges, promote social
progress, maintain world peace and strive for socialism with
Chinese characteristics.
The association consists of a general affairs office, international
liaison department, and domestic work department.
China Association for Taiwan Compatriots
Established on December 22, 1981, the association conducts its
activities in accordance with the Constitution of the People's
Republic of China and observes the following purposes: to hold high
the banner of patriotism, unite Taiwanese compatriots living on the
mainland, unite Taiwan compatriots living in Taiwan, Hong Kong,
Macao and other parts of the world, increase compatriot friendship,
and together promote the unity of the Chinese nation, strive for
the realization of uniting Taiwan with the motherland in accordance
with the principle of "one country, two systems" for the aim of
rejuvenating China and building a strong, democratic and culturally
developed modern socialist country.
It
consists of a general affairs office, Taiwan compatriot affairs
department, liaison department, culture and publicity department
and research office.
Whompoa Military Academy Alumni Association
Established on June 16, 1984, the organization observes the
following purposes: carrying on the spirit of the Whompoa Military
Academy, uniting former students, promoting the unification of the
motherland and dedicating to the rejuvenation of China.
The association has a general affairs office, liaison department
and publicity department.
Chinese People's Foreign Affairs Society
Established on December 15, 1949, it follows the following
purposes: studying international issues and foreign affairs
policies, conducting international exchange, and developing
people's diplomacy.
The society has a general affairs office, research department,
editorial department, Asia-Africa-Latin America department,
European department, America and Oceania department, international
department, administrative management department and the
secretariat division.
China Red Cross
Established in 1907, it takes as its purposes the protection of
people's health and life, displaying humanitarianism and promoting
peace and progress.
The organization has a general affairs office, 1st domestic work
department, 2nd domestic work department, and liaison
department.
Chinese Workers Ideological and Political Work Research
Society
Established in January 1983, it follows the guiding principles of
persisting in Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng
Xiaping's theory of building socialism with Chinese
characteristics, observing the basic line of the CPC for the
primary stage of socialism, maintaining close contact with reform,
opening up and socialist modernization drive, conducting research
in ideological and political work, serving the uplifting of the
quality of workers and the development of socialist
productivity.
The society has a general affairs office, research department,
liaison department and training department.
Western Returned Scholars
Association
Established in October 1913, it serves the purposes of carrying on
patriotic traditions, uniting students who have returned from their
studies in Europe and America, maintaining contact with overseas
students, their relatives, strengthening friendship, exchanging
experience and jointly working for the rejuvenation of China and
the unification of the motherland.
The organization consists of an administrative affairs management
department, personnel and secretarial department, membership work
department, liaison department, social service department and
publicity department.
(China.org.cn May 20, 2007)