China Writers Association
| 中国作家协会 | |
Headquarters of the CWA | |
| Formation | July 23, 1949 |
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| Type | People's organization |
| Headquarters | 25 Dongtucheng Road, Chaoyang, Beijing |
President | Zhang Hongsen |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国作家协会 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國作家協會 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国作协 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國作協 | ||||||
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The China Writers Association (CWA) is a subordinate people's organization of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC).
Founded in July 1949, the organization was initially named the China National Literature Workers Association. In September 1953, it was renamed the Chinese Writers Association. In April 2012, the organization changed its translated name to China Writers Association.
It had 5,196 members as of 2008 and more than 9,000 registered members, including 1,092 come from ethnic groups, as of 2011, with branch associations across the nation. The first CWA Chair was Mao Dun, under the leadership of the then CFLAC Chairman Guo Moruo. In 1985, Mao Dun was succeeded by Ba Jin and in 2006, Ba Jin was succeeded by Tie Ning. The incumbent chair is Zhang Hongsen since 2025. Other successive Associate Chairs include Ding Ling, Feng Xuefeng, Lao She, Ke Zhongping, Shao Quanlin and Liu Baiyu.