| 中国人民外交学会 | |
| Formation | December 15, 1949 | 
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| Type | People's organization | 
| Headquarters | 71 Nanchizi Street, Dongcheng, Beijing | 
| President | Wang Chao | 
| Secretary-general | Yu Jinsong | 
| Party Secretary | Zhou Haihong | 
| Website | www | 
| Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国人民外交学会 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國人民外交學會 | ||||||
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The Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) is a people's organization dedicated to promote people-to-people diplomacy.
The institute was founded on 15 December 1949 in Beijing,shortly after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. [1]
Between 1972 and 2002,the CPIFA hosted more than four thousand Americans in China. [1]
The CPIFA has been described as a united front organization,and answers to the United Front Work Department. [2] It is focused on international issues and research foreign policy. It also conducts exchanges with foreign officials and focuses on expanding people-to-people diplomatic activities. The CPIFA works to establish contacts with foreign political activists,diplomats,and other individuals and organizes public lectures and symposia on academic subjects and international policy affairs. [1]
The institute has the following internal organization: [3]