State Ethnic Affairs Commission
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The State Ethnic Affairs Commission is responsible for relations between the Central Government and ethnic minorities in China
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It is one of several departments or commissions under the State Council of the People's Republic of China
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Ethnic minorities in China
Ethnic minorities in China are the non-Han Chinese population in the People's Republic of China. The People's Republic of China officially recognizes 55 ethnic minority groups within China in addition to the Han majority. As of 2010, the combined population of officially recognised minority...
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It is one of several departments or commissions under the State Council of the People's Republic of China
State Council of the People's Republic of China
The State Council of the People's Republic of China , which is largely synonymous with the Central People's Government after 1954, is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China. It is chaired by the Premier and includes the heads of each governmental department and agency...
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List of Chairmen
- Li WeihanLi WeihanLi Weihan was a Chinese Communist politician who was the first principal of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the highest training center for party workers and leaders. Li served as principal from 1933 to 1935 and again from 1937 to 1938.-External links:*...
(李维汉): October 1949-September 1954 - UlanhuUlanhuUlanhu was the founder of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China, Ulanhu had the nickname of "Mongolian Khan" during his political career.-Career:...
: September 1954-January 1975 - Yang Jingren (杨静仁): March 1978-January 1986
- Ismail Amat (司马义.艾买提): January 1986-March 1998
- Li Dezhu (李德洙): March 1998-March 2008
- Yang JingYang JingYang Jing is the Chairman of State Ethnic Affairs Commission.-Biography:He is of Mongol ancestry and a native of Jungar Banner in Ordos City. Between 2003 and 2008 he served as the Chairman of Inner Mongolia and concurrently the region's Deputy party secretary, alongside Party Secretary Chu Bo...
(杨晶): March 2008-incumbent