A party group () is a formal group within an organization that works to ensure
democratic centralism
Democratic centralism is the organisational principle of most communist parties, in which decisions are made by a process of vigorous and open debate amongst party membership, and are subsequently binding upon all members of the party. The co ...
as led by the
Chinese Communist Party
The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...
(CCP). Party groups ensure the control of formally non-CCP public institutions like
government organization
State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed to ...
s,
people's organization
People's organization is a generic term for organizations in the China, People's Republic of China excluding governments, the official departments of government, and State-owned enterprises of China, state-owned enterprises or institutions, yet ar ...
s,
people's congresses, and
state-owned enterprises by the CCP. The concept of party group was first formalized in the 1945
party constitution during the
7th National Congress.
Example
The party's
Organization Department controlled the
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security through an eleven-member party group as of 2010.
Usage outside of the Chinese Communist Party
Party groups were organized within the short-lived
Workers' Party of North Korea
The Workers' Party of North Korea () was a communist party in North Korea from 1946 to 1949 and was a predecessor of the current Workers' Party of Korea. It was founded at a congress on 28–30 August 1946, by the merger of the northern branc ...
.
See also
*Party Committee led by the
Committee Secretary
Notes
References
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Organization of the Chinese Communist Party
Organizational structure of political parties
1945 establishments in China