The Department of Consular Affairs is responsible for a full range of consular affairs, including managing China's consular relations with foreign countries; issuing diplomatic passports, service passports and passports for public affairs; providing consular-related notary and authentication services; processing visas; administering foreign consular institutions in China; coordinating the handling of criminal and civil cases involving foreign nationals in China and making representations; protecting overseas Chinese; managing immigration affairs in cooperation with other departments; providing consular protection and assistance, developing policies and regulations and issuing early warnings and information on consular protection and assistance; and guiding the consular operation of China's overseas diplomatic missions and foreign affairs offices of local governments.

负责领事工作。办理中外领事关系事宜；负责颁发外交、公务、公务普通护照；负责领事公证认证、签证工作；管理外国领事机构；协调外国人在中国境内发生的有关刑事、民事案件的处理和对外交涉工作；承担海外侨务工作；会同处理移民事务；承担领事保护和协助工作，拟订领事保护和协助政策规定，发布领事保护和协助预警信息；指导驻外外交机构和地方外事部门相关业务。

Director: Wei Wei

司长：魏苇

Deputy Director-Generals: Sun Dali, Zhang Liguo, Qiu Xuejun

副司长：孙大立、张立国、邱学军

The Department of Translation and Interpretation is responsible for providing English and French translation of important state diplomatic documents and instruments and English and French interpretation service at important diplomatic functions. It offers professional training to high-level English and French translators and interpreters of the Ministry.

负责国家重要外事活动、外交文件和文书的英、法文翻译工作；承担机关英、法文高级翻译人员的专业培训工作。

Director: Jiang Jiang

主任：姜江

Deputy Director-Generals: Fu Huaqiang, Xu Hui (Female)

副主任：符华强、许晖（女）

The Department of Foreign Affairs Management drafts laws and regulations concerning foreign affairs management and reviews major foreign affairs regulations of local governments, State Council ministries and agencies and central state-owned enterprises and foreign affairs documents to be submitted to the State Council for approval. It coordinates the foreign affairs work of local and central government departments and consults with other foreign affairs departments to advice on the handling of serious violations of foreign affairs laws and regulations.

拟订有关外事管理法规草案；审核地方和国务院各部门、中央企业的重要外事规定和报国务院的重要外事请示；协调地方和国务院各部门外事工作；会同有关部门研究提出对重大外事违规违纪事件的处理建议。

Director: Chen Yuming

司长：陈育明

Deputy Director-Generals: Yu Xuzhong, Wen Zhenshun

副司长：郁序忠、温振顺

The Department of External Security reports on external security issues and makes policy recommendations, coordinates and manages relevant work, guides the related operation of China's overseas diplomatic missions, and coordinates the administration of activities of foreign non-governmental organizations in China.

研究涉及国家安全问题的涉外事宜，提出政策建议；协调和处理相关工作；指导驻外外交机构有关业务；协调境外非政府组织在华活动管理工作。

Director: Wang Min

司长：王民

Deputy Director-Generals: Wu Chuntai,Guo Yan

副司长：吴春太、郭燕

The Department of Personnel is in charge of personnel management of the Ministry and China's overseas diplomatic missions. It appoints and removes senior officials at overseas missions and the Offices of the Commissioners of the MFA in the Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR. It is responsible for research on and improving personnel management regulations of overseas missions by working with other departments, and developing and guiding the implementation of educational and training plans for diplomatic personnel.

负责部机关和驻外外交机构人事管理工作，承办驻外外交机构及驻香港、澳门特派员公署主要官员任免的具体工作；会同有关部门研究规范驻外人员管理制度；拟订外交干部队伍教育培训规划并指导落实。

Director: Tian Xuejun

司长：田学军

Deputy Director-Generals: Lv Fan, Yu Fulong, Yu Jinsong

副司长：吕凡、于福龙、余劲松

The Bureau for Retired Personnel serves the retired personnel of the Ministry and guides the retired personnel work in agencies directly affiliated to the MFA.

负责机关离退休干部工作，指导直属单位的离退休干部工作。

Director: Min Yongnian

局长：闵永年

Deputy Director-Generals: Wang Zuofeng, Chen Qiman, Wu Jianjun

副局长：王作峰、陈绮曼、吴建军

The Administrative Department is responsible for the construction of overseas diplomatic missions and policy-related management of real estate of foreign diplomatic missions in China and bilateral matters concerning diplomatic premises. It is also responsible for construction project planning and fund allocation in the Ministry and its directly affiliated agencies. It manages real estate and relevant fixed assets of the Ministry and China's overseas diplomatic missions.

承担驻外外交机构馆舍建设工作；处理驻华外交机构房地产政策性管理问题和双边馆舍事务；承担机关及直属单位基建计划和资金分配工作；管理机关及驻外外交机构房地产和相关固定资产。

Director: Li Chao

司长：李超

Deputy Director-Generals: Li Yuanming, Ren Jinjian, Liu Zili

副司长：李元明、任锦建、刘自力

The Department of Finance prepares budget and final account for the Ministry and manages the collection and hand-over of administrative charges. It develops financial regulations for China's overseas diplomatic missions, participates in the development of national diplomatic and foreign-related financial regulations, and audits and guides the financial operation of the Ministry and its directly affiliated agencies and overseas diplomatic missions. It also manages MFA's government procurement affairs.

编制部门预决算，组织预算收入管理汇缴，拟订驻外外交机构财务制度，参与拟订国家外交外事财务制度；审计、指导机关和直属单位及驻外外交机构财会业务；管理外交部政府采购工作。

Director: Hu Jianzhong

司长：胡建中

Deputy Director-General: Cai Siping，Xu Nanshan, Hu Yinquan

副司长：蔡思平 、徐南山、胡银全