中共中央对外联络部是中国共产党中央委员会对外工作的职能部门,成立于1951年。在党中央的直接领导和历代领导人的亲自参与下,围绕不同时期的中心任务开展对外交往,工作范围、交往领域不断扩大。 The Foreign Relations Department of the CPC Central Committee is the functional department for the external work of the CPC Central Committee and was established in 1951. Under the direct leadership of the Party Central Committee and the successive participation of leaders of all generations, foreign exchanges have been carried out around the central tasks in different periods and the scope of work and exchanges have been constantly expanded.