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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

Summary

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China is a Constituent Department of the State Council[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of constituent_department_of_the_state_council entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (396 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's image is recorded as Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing.jpg[4].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's instance of is recorded as Constituent Department of the State Council[5].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's instance of is recorded as foreign affairs ministry[6].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's seal image is recorded as National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (2).svg[7].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's headquarters location is recorded as Chaoyang District[8].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's ISNI is recorded as 0000000403746158[9].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154778347[10].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's GND ID is recorded as 5164121-5[11].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81050833[12].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16269624d[13].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's IdRef ID is recorded as 076652130[14].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's child organization or unit is recorded as Bureau of Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs[15].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's child organization or unit is recorded as Q17013674[16].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's child organization or unit is recorded as Beijing Diplomatic Service[17].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's child organization or unit is recorded as China Institute of International Studies[18].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's child organization or unit is recorded as China Foreign Affairs University[19].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's child organization or unit is recorded as World Affairs Press[20].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's part of is recorded as State Council of the People's Republic of China[21].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's Commons category is recorded as Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China[22].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 36604775[23].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's has part is recorded as General Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China[24].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's has part is recorded as Department of Policy Planning of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China[25].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's has part is recorded as Department of Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China[26].
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's has part is recorded as Department of West Asian and North African Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China[27].

Body

Founding

+1954-09-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China[28].

Identity

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's part of is recorded as State Council of the People's Republic of China[21]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-cn', 'text': '外交部'}[29].

Operations

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China's headquarters location is recorded as Chaoyang District[8]. Parent organizations include State Council of the People's Republic of China[30], a cabinet[31], in People's Republic of China[32], founded in 1954[33], headquartered in Zhongnanhai[34] and Central Foreign Affairs Commission[35], an organization[36], in People's Republic of China[37], founded in 1981[38]. Subsidiaries include Bureau of Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs[15], an institutional repository[39], in People's Republic of China[40]; Q17013674[16]; Beijing Diplomatic Service[17], a public institution[41], in People's Republic of China[42], founded in 1962[43]; China Institute of International Studies[18], an organization[44], in People's Republic of China[45], founded in 1956[46], headquartered in Dongcheng District[47]; China Foreign Affairs University[19], a university[48], in People's Republic of China[49], founded in 1955[50]; and World Affairs Press[20], a publishing house[51], in People's Republic of China[52].

Why It Matters

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China ranks in the top 5% of constituent_department_of_the_state_council entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (396 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

Works attributed to it include China's Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis[55], a position paper[56], in People's Republic of China[57], founded in 2023[58], written by it[59].

Related Entities

China Foreign Affairs University National Institute for South China Sea Studies People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · HyBoxwood · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owner of → Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs, Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
    Has part(s) → General Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Department of Policy Planning of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Department of Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China +24
    Inception → —
    Parent organization or unit → State Council of the People's Republic of China, Central Foreign Affairs Commission
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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