National Ethnic Affairs Commission


The National Ethnic Affairs Commission, also called the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, is a body under the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party that is responsible for administering the Chinese ethnic policies, researching ethnological theories, carrying out ethnic work and education, supervising the implementation and improvement of the system of regional ethnic autonomy.
WWW seac.gov.cn

History

In 1949, the Ethnic Affairs Commission of the Central People's Government was established. In 1954, the Ethnic Affairs Commission of the Central People's Government was renamed the Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China. The PRC Ethnic Affairs Commission was abolished in 1970. The State Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China was established. Since 1978, it has been a constituent department of the State Council.
The National Ethnic Affairs Commission was put under the leadership of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in March 2018 as part of the deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions. The National Ethnic Affairs Commission remains as a constituent department of the State Council.
On August 31, 2020, according to the National Development and Reform Commission's "Implementation Opinions on Comprehensively Pushing Forward the Reform of Delinking Trade Associations and Administrative Organs", the China Association of Ethnic Folk Crafts and Arts Artists, the China Ethnic Economy Promotion Association for Foreign Cooperation, and the National Association of Ethnic Secondary Education, formerly under the supervision of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, were separated from the State Ethnic Affairs Commission.
In 2022, the NEAC launched a publication called DeepChina and its domestic Chinese edition Dao Zhonghua to conduct "public opinion struggle" and "cognitive warfare" in support of the CCP's ethnic policies. In 2025, the State Council granted NEAC authority to design and pilot a new and explicitly "political" ethnographic field of study at 15 universities that emphasizes "community" between Han and non-Han ethnicities in mainland China.

Organization

According to the Provisions on the Functional Configuration, Internal Organizations and Staffing of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission and the Approval of the Central Editorial Office on Adjusting the Organizational Establishment of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, the NEAC has set up the following organizations:

Internal Organizations

  • General Office
  • Division of Coordination and Promotion
  • Division of Theory and Research
  • Division of Policies and Regulations
  • Division of Promotion of National Unity
  • Division of Joint Development
  • Division of Culture and Publicity
  • Division of Education
  • Division of International Exchange
  • Division of Personnel
  • Division Party Committee of Organizations
  • Bureau of Retired Cadres

Directly Affiliated Organizations

  • Public Opinion Center
  • Ancient Book Processing and Research Office
  • Organization Service Center

Directly Affiliated Cultural institutions

Directly Affiliated Higher Education Institutions

Directly Affiliated Enterprise Units

Leadership

Related PRC authorities