Director-General: Ma Zhaoxu Deputy Director-Generals: Le Yucheng, Xu Bu, Cai Run Main Functions: To analyse issues of overall and strategic importance in global situation and international relations, to analyse and lay out foreign policies,to analyse world and regional economic and financial situation and China's foreign policy in economic field; to coordinate situation assessment and policy analysis of all the departments within the Foreign Ministry and that of the Chinese embassies and consulates abroad; and to draft speeches and documents on foreign affairs for Party and state leaders and ministry leaders;to analyse and supervise the writing of the history of China's diplomacy. Tel: 86-10-65961300