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 The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is a political body that comprises the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is currently composed of 205 fu ...

in charge of "social work".

History

The department was established in March 2023 under CCP general secretary

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, ...

after wide-ranging reforms to change the Party and state structure. On 8 July 2023,

Wu Hansheng Wu Hansheng (; born April 1963) is a Chinese politician who is currently serving as the head of the Social Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He previously served as executive deputy secretary of the ...

was appointed as the first head of the Department.

Function

The 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 National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration (), formerly named as Letters and Calls Bureau, also known as Xinfang Bureau, Petition Administration, is a deputy-cabinet level State Council of the People's Republic of China, state agency i ...

Heads

References

{{Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Institutions of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 2023 establishments in China