Overseas Community Affairs Council
僑務委員會
Qiáo Wù Wěiyuánhuì (Taiwanese Mandarin)
Kiâu-bū Úi-oân-hōe (Taiwanese Hokkien)
Khièu-vu Vî-yèn-fi (Taiwanese Hakka)
Agency overview
FormedOctober 1926 (in Guangzhou, Guangdong)
JurisdictionRepublic of China (Taiwan)
HeadquartersZhongzheng, Taipei, Taiwan
Minister responsible
  • Hsu, Chia-Ching, Minister
  • Deputy Minister
  • Roy Leu, Vice Minister
Parent agencyExecutive Yuan
Websitewww.ocac.gov.tw

The Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC; Chinese: 僑務委員會; pinyin: Qiáo Wù Wěiyuánhuì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiâu-bū Úi-oân-hōe; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Khièu-vu Vî-yèn-fi) is a cabinet-level council of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The council was founded in 1926 in Canton (Guangzhou) in Kwangtung (Guangdong) Province.

Its main objective is to serve as a cultural, education, economic and informational exchanges organization between Taiwan and the overseas Taiwanese and Chinese descent communities. Its remit is not limited to expatriates from Taiwan, but includes all ethnic Taiwanese and Chinese living in a foreign country who "identify with the Republic of China (ROC)".[1]

With the evolution of the political landscape and the Taiwanese localization movement, the organization now puts emphasis not only in Standard Chinese, but also on Taiwanese, Hakka, and other Taiwanese cultural expressions. It offers information about aboriginal tribes in Taiwan, and its overseas offices may serve, in addition to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Offices.

Organizational structures

  • Department of Policy Research and Development
  • Department of Overseas Chinese Network Services
  • Department of Overseas Chinese Education
  • Department of Overseas Chinese Business
  • Department of Overseas Chinese Student Counseling
  • Secretariat Office
  • Personnel Office
  • Civil Service Ethics Office
  • Accounting and Statistics Office
  • Information Management Office
  • Overseas Chinese News Agency
  • Legal Affairs Committee

Title changes

NameTime in use
Overseas Chinese Affairs CommissionOctober 1926 – April 2006
Overseas Compatriot Affairs CommissionApril 2006 – 1 September 2012
Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission1 September 2012 – 12 November 2012
Overseas Community Affairs CouncilSince 12 November 2012[2]

The English title of the council was changed from "Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission" to "Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission" in 2006, officially to "avoid being confused as a governmental body of the People's Republic of China", under the desinicization policies of independence-leaning President Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party. However, its English acronym OCAC and Chinese name remained the same, to reduce the expense for its official title change. After the Kuomintang renewed its mandate in the 2012 election, the official English name was changed back to the original.

However, in November 2012 there was a controversy when it was discovered that the OCAC used simplified Chinese characters in some of its teaching materials. Amid threats in November 2012 from Democratic Progressive Party legislators to freeze the OCAC's budget, its director relented to demands to rename the OCAC to the ROC (Taiwan) Overseas Community Affairs Council.[1]

Ministers

Political Party:   Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party   Non-partisan/ unknown

No. Name Term of Office Days Political Party Cabinet
1 Chen Shuren (陳樹人) 27 April 19321 May 19475482 Kuomintang Wang Jingwei
Chiang Kai-shek II
H. H. Kung
Chiang Kai-shek III
T. V. Soong
Chang Ch'ün
2 Liu Weichi (劉維熾) 1 May 194728 December 1948607 Kuomintang Chang Ch'ün
Weng Wenhao
Sun Fo
3 Dai Kuisheng (戴愧生) 28 December 194819 May 1950507 Kuomintang Sun Fo
He Yingqin
Yan Xishan
Chen Cheng I
4 George Yeh (葉公超) 19 May 195016 April 1952698 Kuomintang Chen Cheng I
5 Zheng Yanfen (鄭彥棻) 16 April 195216 July 19582282 Kuomintang Chen Cheng I
Yu Hung-chun
6 Chen Qingwen (陳清文) 16 July 195824 June 1960709 Kuomintang Chen Cheng II
7 Chou Shu-kai (周書楷) 24 June 19603 December 1962892 Kuomintang Chen Cheng II
8 Kao Hsin (高信) 3 December 19621 June 19723468 Kuomintang Chen Cheng II
Yen Chia-kan
9 Mao Sung-nian (毛松年) 1 June 19721 June 19844383 Kuomintang Chiang Ching-kuo
Sun Yun-suan
10 Tseng Kuang-hsun (曾廣順) 1 June 198427 February 19933193 Kuomintang Yu Kuo-hua
Lee Huan
Hau Pei-tsun
11 John Chang (章孝嚴) 27 February 199310 June 19961199 Kuomintang Lien Chan
12 James C. Y. Chu (祝基瀅) 10 June 19965 February 1998605 Kuomintang Lien Chan
Vincent Siew
13 Chiao Jen-ho (焦仁和) 5 February 199820 May 2000835 Kuomintang Vincent Siew
14 Chang Fu-mei (張富美) 20 May 200019 May 20082921[3] Democratic Progressive Party Tang Fei
Chang Chun-hsiung I
Yu Shyi-kun
Frank Hsieh
Su Tseng-chang I
Chang Chun-hsiung II
15 Wu Ying-yih (吳英毅) 20 May 20081 August 20131899 Kuomintang Liu Chao-shiuan
Wu Den-yih
Chen Chun
Jiang Yi-huah
16 Chen Shyh-kwei (陳士魁) 1 August 201319 May 20161022 Kuomintang Jiang Yi-huah
Mao Chi-kuo
Chang San-cheng
17 Wu Hsin-hsing (吳新興) 20 May 201620 May 20201460 Lin Chuan
William Lai
Su Tseng-chang II
18 Tung Chen-yuan (童振源) 20 May 2020Incumbent1332 Democratic Progressive Party Su Tseng-chang II
19 Hsu Chia-ching (徐佳青) 31 January 2023Designate346 Democratic Progressive Party Chen Chien-jen

Transportation

The council is accessible within walking distance North East from NTU Hospital Station of the Taipei Metro.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Shih Hsiu-chuan (2012-11-13). "DPP slams OCAC's use of simplified characters". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
  2. "News Ticker". Taiwan Today. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan). 13 November 2012.
  3. Longest serving female cabinet member.
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