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{{Short description|Bureau of the United States Department of State}}
{{Update|date=December 2023|reason=more recent employee & budget data needed}}
{{Use American English|date = March 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = March 2019}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
| type            = bureau
| seal            = Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.png
| seal_width      = 120px
| seal_caption    = Seal of The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
| formed          = 
| preceding1      = Office of Chinese Affairs
| preceding2      = 
| jurisdiction    = [[Executive branch of the United States]]
| headquarters    = [[Harry S. Truman Building]], [[Washington, D.C.]], United States
| employees       = 1,545 ({{as of|2013}})<ref name="OIG">{{cite web|title=Inspection of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs|url=https://oig.state.gov/system/files/214515.pdf|publisher=[[Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State]]|date=September 2013|access-date=December 10, 2015}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=June 2023|fix-attempted=yes}}
| budget          = $336 million (diplomatic engagement budget), $760 million (foreign assistance budget) (FY 2020)
| chief1_name     = [[Daniel Kritenbrink]]
| chief1_position = [[Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs]]
| chief2_name     = 
| chief2_position = 
| parent_department = [[United States Department of State|U.S. Department of State]]
| website         = {{Official URL}}
}}
The '''Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs''' ('''EAP'''), formerly the '''Office of Chinese Affairs''', is part of the [[United States Department of State]] and is charged with advising the [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] and [[Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]] on matters of the [[Asia-Pacific]] region, as well as dealing with U.S. foreign policy and U.S. relations with countries in the region.  It is headed by the [[Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs]], who reports to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.

==Organization==
The offices of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs direct, coordinate, and supervise U.S. government activities within the region, including political, economic, [[consular assistance|consular]], [[public diplomacy]], and administrative management issues.<ref name="Brochure">{{cite web|title=State Department Student Internship Brochure |url=https://careers.state.gov/uploads/dd/ed/dded53753df70409565b519d425f992c/Student-Internship-Brochure-Sept-2014.pdf|publisher=U.S. Department of State, [[Bureau of Human Resources]] |date=September 2014|access-date=December 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name="FAM">{{cite web|title=1 FAM 130 Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) |url=https://fam.state.gov/FAM/01FAM/01FAM0130.html|work=[[Foreign Affairs Manual]]|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=July 6, 2015|access-date=December 13, 2015}}</ref>

*Office of Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island Affairs (EAP/ANP) – Coordinates policy on [[Australia]], [[Fiji]], [[Kiribati]], the [[Marshall Islands]], [[Federated States of Micronesia|Micronesia]], [[Nauru]], [[New Zealand]], [[Palau]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Samoa]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tonga]], [[Tuvalu]], [[Vanuatu]] and [[Antarctica]]
*[[Office of China Coordination]] (China House) (EAP/CHINA) – Coordinates policy regarding [[China]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Secretary Blinken Launches the Office of China Coordination |url=https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinken-launches-the-office-of-china-coordination/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}</ref>
*Office of Regional and Security Policy (EAP/RSP)
*Office of Public Affairs (EAP/P) – Coordinates the bureau's media engagement and domestic public outreach, and prepares press guidance for the [[Spokesperson for the United States Department of State|Department Spokesperson]] in the [[Bureau of Public Affairs]]
*Office of Japanese Affairs (EAP/J) – Oversees [[Japan–United States relations]]
*Office of Mainland Southeast Asian Affairs (EAP/MLS) – Coordinates policy on [[Myanmar|Burma]], [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]]
*Office of Maritime Southeast Asian Affairs (EAP/MTS) – Coordinates policy on [[Brunei]],  [[East Timor]], [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Singapore]].
*Office of Korean and Mongolian Affairs (EAP/KM) – Coordinates policy towards [[North Korea]] and [[South Korea]]. Since 2022 this office as also coordinated bilateral relations with [[Mongolia]].
*Office of Public Diplomacy (EAP/PD)
*Office of Multilateral Affairs (EAP/MLA) – Coordinates policy regarding the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN), the [[East Asia Summit]], the [[ASEAN#ASEAN Regional Forum|ASEAN Regional Forum]], the [[Lower Mekong initiative]] and the [[Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific]]
*Office of Taiwan Coordination (EAP/TC) – Oversees [[Taiwan–United States relations]]
*Office of Economic Policy (EAP/EP)
*Office of the Executive Director (EAP/EX) – Oversees the bureau's [[human resources]] and [[resource management]]

== Budget ==
Its budget for FY 2020 was $336 million for diplomatic engagement and $760 million for foreign assistance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The FY 2020 Budget Request for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs |url=https://2017-2021.state.gov/the-fy-2020-budget-request-for-the-bureau-of-east-asian-and-pacific-affairs/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=2017-2021.state.gov}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website}}

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