统战部

統戰部
tǒngzhànbù
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 United Front Work Department (UFWD)
  2. 2 CCP body charged with managing relations with non-Party groups, ethnic/religious organizations and overseas Chinese (abbr. of 统一战线工作部)

Examples

Zhōngyāng Tǒngzhànbù fùzé yǔ mínzhǔ dǎngpài de liánluò gōngzuò.
The Central UFWD is responsible for liaison with the democratic parties.
Tā céng zài shěngwěi Tǒngzhànbù gōngzuò duō nián.
He worked for the provincial Party Committee's UFWD for many years.

Tips

history
Mao called the United Front (统一战线) one of the Party's three 'magic weapons' (法宝), alongside armed struggle and Party-building. The department handles the eight legally-tolerated non-CCP parties, religious institutions, ethnic-minority affairs, and overseas Chinese relations.

Stroke Order

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