The official website of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China updated information today that Song Tao, the former head of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, has taken over as the director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. The former director Liu Jieyi has resigned.

(Extracted from the official website of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China)

[Reporter Chen Yufu/Taipei Report] Today's update on the official website of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State of China shows that Song Tao, the former head of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, has taken over as the director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. The former director Liu Jieyi has resigned.

According to the official website of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Song Tao was born in April 1955. He has a postgraduate degree and a doctorate in economics.

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Song Tao served as Secretary of the CPC Discipline Inspection Commission, Member of the Party Committee, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Leading Group Office, Executive Deputy Director (ministerial level) of the Central Foreign Affairs Leading Group Office, Minister of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, etc. duty.

It is understood that the 67-year-old Song Tao is 2 years older than Liu Jieyi. Song Tao continued to work in Fujian from the 1970s to 2001. Since November 2015, he has served as the Minister of External Relations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. When Kim Jong-un visited China, he led a delegation to greet him at the border.