Director General: Long Zhou

Deputy Directors General: Zhang Yang, Wu Demin, Tong Xuejun, Li Chunlin, Chen Rongjie

Main Functions: The Department is responsible for a full range of consular affairs, including managing China's consular relations with foreign countries; issuing diplomatic passports, service passports and passports for public affairs; providing consular-related notary and authentication services; processing visas; administering foreign consular institutions in China; coordinating the handling of criminal and civil cases involving foreign nationals in China and making representations; protecting overseas Chinese; managing immigration affairs in cooperation with other departments; providing consular protection and assistance, developing policies and regulations, and issuing early warnings and information on consular protection and assistance; and guiding China's overseas diplomatic missions and foreign affairs offices of local governments on their relevant work.

Tel: +86-10-65963500