National Security Committee

The National Security Committee (国家安全委员会) is a central government agency established for improving systems and strategies that ensure national security, according to a communiqué issued on November 12, 2013, right after the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. 

It will be in charge of making overall plans and coordinating major issues and major work concerning national security.

Similar councils have been set up in Brazil, Chile, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand and Malaysia to coordinate security strategies across various departments and give advice to heads of state, absorbing members from the diplomatic, military, intelligence and law enforcement agencies.

A committee under the Japanese House of Representatives has passed a bill on establishing a U.S.-style National Security Council. The committee aims to make and coordinate Japan's foreign and security policies.