Overseas Community Affairs Council

Overseas Community Affairs Council

僑務委員會 Qiáo Wù Wěiyuánhuì (Taiwanese Mandarin) Kiâu-bū Úi-oân-hōe (Taiwanese Hokkien) Khièu-vu Vî-yèn-fi (Taiwanese Hakka)
Agency overview
Formed	October 1926 (in Guangzhou, Guangdong)
Jurisdiction	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Headquarters	Zhongzheng, Taipei, Taiwan
Minister responsible	Hsu, Chia-Ching, Minister Deputy Minister Roy Leu, Vice Minister
Parent agency	Executive Yuan
Website	www.ocac.gov.tw

The Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC; Chinese: 僑務委員會; pinyin: Qiáo Wù Wěiyuánhuì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiâu-bū Úi-oân-hōe; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Khièu-vu Vî-yèn-fi) is a cabinet-level council of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The council was founded in 1926 in Canton (Guangzhou) in Kwangtung (Guangdong) Province.

Its main objective is to serve as a cultural, education, economic and informational exchanges organization between Taiwan and the overseas Taiwanese and Chinese descent communities. Its remit is not limited to expatriates from Taiwan, but includes all ethnic Taiwanese and Chinese living in a foreign country who "identify with the Republic of China (ROC)".^[1]

With the evolution of the political landscape and the Taiwanese localization movement, the organization now puts emphasis not only in Standard Chinese, but also on Taiwanese, Hakka, and other Taiwanese cultural expressions.^{[clarification needed]} It offers information about aboriginal tribes in Taiwan, and its overseas offices may serve, in addition to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Offices.