Taiwan Affairs Office
The Taiwan Affairs Office is an administrative agency under the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It set and implements guidelines and policies related to the Republic of China (Taiwan). Under the "one institution with two names" arrangement, it is equivalent to the Chinese Communist Party's Taiwan Work Office under the CCP Central Committee; the party title is used for party-to-party interactions with Taiwan. The office manages activities pertaining to the relationship across the Taiwan Strait and which may require interfacing with the government of Taiwan. These include: preparing for negotiations and agreements; direct mail, transport and trade links; controlling and censoring media and public relations; handling major incidents; economic planning; intergovernmental exchanges and cooperation; personnel exchanges, observers and symposia; and work for international conferences involving Taiwan. In 2007, the Taiwan Affairs Office established the  (ATIEM), consisting of Taiwanese businesses operating in mainland China. Prior to the 2012 Taiwanese legislative and presidential elections, ATIEM organized discounted flights to Taiwan for Taishang to vote in Taiwanese elections. List of directors

List of spokespersons

See also 

 Cross-Strait relations, background
 Mainland Affairs Council, counterpart body in Taiwan
 Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, semi-official contact body
 Straits Exchange Foundation, counterpart semi-official contact body in Taiwan
 Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China
 Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office

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1988 establishments in China
Cross-Strait relations
Government agencies established in 1988
Government agencies of China
Organizations based in Beijing
State Council of the People's Republic of China
Institutions of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese intelligence agencies
Chinese propaganda organisations
One institution with multiple names
Chinese unification