China Association for International Friendly Contact

The China Association for International Friendly Contact (CAIFC) is a united front organization subordinate to the Liaison Department of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission.[1][2][3] CAIFC was founded in 1984 and is active in overseas influence operations to promote the interests of the Chinese Communist Party.[4][5][6] According to a 2018 report by the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission, CAIFC "performs dual roles of intelligence collection and conducting propaganda and perception management campaigns."[7] CAIFC's chairman is Li Zhaoxing, a former foreign minister.[8] CAIFC operates an affiliated think tank called the Center for Peace and Development Studies.[9][10]

China Association for International Friendly Contact
AbbreviationCAIFC
Formation1984 (1984)
Location
  • Beijing
Chairman
Li Zhaoxing
Vice President
Deng Rong
Parent organization
Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission
Websitewww.caifc.org.cn

History

Scholar Anne-Marie Brady stated that CAIFC traditionally "interacted with a wider range of groups" than did the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and had close links to Deng Xiaoping.[11] CAIFC's vice president is Deng Rong, a daughter of Deng Xiaoping.[12][13]

CAIFC has hosted forums with prominent executives and political leaders such as Bill Gates, Tony Blair, John Howard, and Malcolm McCusker.[8] The organization has maintained cooperative relationships with private Chinese companies such as CEFC China Energy and its former head Ye Jianming.[14][15] In June 2020, it was reported that CAIFC had provided financial support to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.[16]

Sanya Initiative

Since 2008, CAIFC has partnered with the EastWest Institute and Tung Chee-hwa's China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) to organize forums, termed the U.S.-China Sanya Initiative, between retired People's Liberation Army officers and retired U.S. military personnel.[17][1][18] CAIFC was reported to have unsuccessfully attempted to influence retired U.S. military officers, including retired admiral William Owens, to lobby against U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and to delay a Pentagon report on the capabilities of the People's Liberation Army.[19][20]

See also

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