The Social Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is an agency under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in charge of "social work".
| 中国共产党中央委员会社会工作部 | |
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| Formation | 2023 |
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| Type | Department directly reporting to the Central Committee Ministerial level agency |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
Head | Wu Hansheng |
Parent organization | Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Subsidiaries | National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国共产党中央委员会社会工作部 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國共產黨中央委員會社會工作部 | ||||||
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History
editThe department was established in March 2023 under CCP general secretary Xi Jinping after wide-ranging reforms to change the Party and state structure.[1] On 8 July 2023, Wu Hansheng was appointed as the first head of the Department.[2]
Function
editThe department oversees the interactions of the CCP with civic groups, chambers of commerce and industry groups, as well as party-building work in mixed-ownership and non-public enterprises. It additionally handles public petitions and grievances, and has a "unified leadership" over the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration.[3][4]
Heads
edit| Officeholder | Term start | Term end | General Secretary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wu Hansheng | 8 July 2023 | Incumbent | Xi Jinping |
References
edit- ^ Hong, Chun Wan; Zhai, Keith (16 March 2023). "China's Communist Party Overhaul Deepens Control Over Finance, Technology". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "Former Senior China Graft Buster Appointed to New Public Complaints Agency". Caixin. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "中共中央 国务院印发《党和国家机构改革方案》_中国经济网——国家经济门户". Economic Daily. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ Wang, Kelly (17 March 2023). "China's Institutional Shake-Up Produces New Department to Better Handle Public's Complaints". Caixin. Retrieved 18 March 2023.