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610 Office

Central Leading Group on Preventing and Dealing with Cults
中央防范和处理邪教问题领导小组
Agency overview
FormedJune 10, 1999
DissolvedMarch 21, 2018
Superseding agency
TypeExtra-legal organisation, secret police, political police
JurisdictionChina
HeadquartersBeijing
Parent agencyCentral Committee of the Chinese Communist Party[1]
Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission

The 610 Office (Chinese: 610办公室; full name: 中央防范和处理邪教问题领导小组办公室; abbreviated 中央防范办) was a security agency in the People's Republic of China. Named for the date of its creation on June 10, 1999,[2] it was established for the purpose of coordinating and implementing the persecution of Falun Gong.[1] The 610 Office was the implementation arm of the Central Leading Group on Dealing with the Falun Gong (CLGDF),[3] also known as the Central Leading Group on Dealing with Heretical Religions,[1] a leading small group of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Because it was a CCP-led office with no formal legal mandate, it is sometimes described as an extralegal organisation.[1][4]

The central 610 Office has traditionally been headed by a high-ranking member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, and frequently directed other state and party organs in the anti-Falun Gong campaign.[1][3] It was closely associated with the powerful Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP. Local 610 Offices were also established at provincial, district, municipal and neighborhood levels, and were estimated to number approximately 1,000 across the country.[5]

The main functions of the 610 Offices included coordinating anti-Falun Gong propaganda, surveillance and intelligence collection, and the punishment and "reeducation" of Falun Gong adherents.[1][6][7] The office was reportedly involved in the extrajudicial sentencing, coercive reeducation, torture, and sometimes death of Falun Gong practitioners.[1][7]

Since 2003, the 610 Office's mission has been expanded to include targeting other religious and qigong groups deemed heretical or harmful by the Communist Party (CCP), though Falun Gong remains its main priority.[1] In March 2018, the office was reorganized and its functions transferred to the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and the Ministry of Public Security.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Cook, Sarah; Lemish, Leeshai (November 2011). "The 610 Office:Policing the Chinese Spirit". China Brief. 11 (17). Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  2. ^ Spiegel, Mickey (2002). Dangerous Meditation: China's Campaign Against Falungong. New York: Human Rights Watch. ISBN 1-56432-270-X. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Tong was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference CECC2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Xia, Yiyang (June 2011). "The illegality of China's Falun Gong crackdown—and today's rule of law repercussions" (PDF). European Parliament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference CECC2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b "Annual Report 2009". Congressional-Executive Commission on China. 10 October 2009. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2013.

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