The main tasks of overseas United front work are to unite overseas Chinese's hearts, gather overseas Chinese's wisdom, give full play to overseas Chinese's strength, safeguard overseas Chinese's interests, guide overseas Chinese and returned overseas Chinese's relatives to join the great cause of the motherland's modernization and peaceful reunification, promote global activities against "independence" and promote reunification, inherit and carry forward China's excellent culture, and enhance the friendship between China people and people all over the world.

Overseas United front work, especially for overseas Chinese and returned overseas Chinese and their relatives. China * * * production party has always attached great importance to the overseas United front work. In different periods of China's revolution, construction and reform, China has always regarded winning over and uniting the vast number of overseas Chinese and their relatives as an important task of United front work.

The establishment of overseas United front is an important decision of the Communist Party of China (CPC) under the new situation of patriotic United front in the new period.

The patriotic United front in the new era includes two alliances: one is to unite all workers and patriots on the political basis of patriotism and socialism in the mainland; The other is an alliance of Taiwan Province compatriots, Hong Kong and Macao compatriots and overseas Chinese based on patriotism and supporting the reunification of the motherland outside the mainland. The overseas United front under the banner of patriotic reunification is an important part of the patriotic United front, and it is also a major development of the United front work of the Chinese production party under the new situation.