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The Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council (OCAO) is an external name of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. The Committee of Overseas Chinese Affairs was established in 1949 and existed until 1970. In 1978, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office was established. Prior to 2018, OCAO was an administrative office under the State Council responsible for liaising with and influencing overseas Chinese as part of its united front efforts. Following a series of institutional reforms in 2018, OCAO was merged into the UFWD, with its functions being taken up by the department. Under the arrangement "one institution with two names", UFWD reserves the name "Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council", generally used when dealing in public statements and dealing with the outside world regarding overseas Chinese affairs.