610 Office

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Calque of Chinese 610辦公室610办公室 (Liùyīlíng bàngōngshì). From the date of their establishment, June 10, 1999.

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the 610 Office

  1. (informal) The Public Security Anti-Xie-Jiao Organization (公安部反邪教组, gong'anbu fanxiejiao zu) in the People's Republic of China
    • 2013, United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Falun Gong in China: Review and Update : Hearing Before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Second Session, December 18, 2012, page 55:
      The 610 Office has two main functions : coordinating personnel at state institutions to assist in fulfilling the office's mandate
      and directly conducting operations against Falun Gong and other forbidden spiritual groups.

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