General Office of the Chinese Communist Party
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中共中央办公厅 Zhōnggòng Zhōngyāng Bàngōngtīng | |
Central Security Bureau Administrative Bureau of the Mao Mauseleum | |
*Maintains full minister-level rank |
General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China | |
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The General Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, often referred to as the Central Office (中办), is an office directly under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in charge of providing support for the Central Committee and its Politburo, including codifying intra-party regulations, conducting policy research and providing administrative support. The director of the General Office currently serves as the first-ranked secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party.
The office is responsible for drafting and circulating party directives and internal memos, as well as the classification of party information. It is in charge of arranging logistics for major meetings of the Central Committee and its Politburo. It is responsible for preparing meeting agendas, recording and filing meeting minutes, and distribution of communications to meeting stakeholders.
Although its business is often not overtly political, its Directors have historically had close connections with the Party's top leaders, and usually join the
History
The General Office's establishment date is uncertain, though it existed by 1942 as Li Fuchun was its chief at that time; previously, its functions were exercised by the Organization Department or technical secretariats.
List of directors
- Director of the General Office of the Central Secretariat
- Li Fuchun (1942–1945)
- Yang Shangkun (1945–1948)
- Director of the General Office of the Central Committee
- Yang Shangkun (1948–1965)
- Wang Dongxing (1965–1978)
- Yao Yilin (1978–1982)
- Hu Qili (1982–1983)
- Qiao Shi (1983–1984)
- Wang Zhaoguo (1984–1986)
- Wen Jiabao (1986–1993)
- Zeng Qinghong (1993–1999)
- Wang Gang (1999–2007)
- Ling Jihua (2007–2012)
- Li Zhanshu (2012–2017)
- Ding Xuexiang (2017–2023)
- Cai Qi (2023–)
Agencies directly under the General Office
- Research Office
- Secretary Bureau
- Bureau of Regulations
- Security Bureau
- Confidential Bureau
- Confidential Transportation Bureau
- Special Accounting Office
- Supervision and Inspection Office
- Personnel Bureau
- Office of the General Secretary
- Administration Bureau of Organs directly under the Central Committee
See also
- Politics of the People's Republic of China
- Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party
- General Offices
- General Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union