The Society Work Department is a ministry-level 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 ...

, responsible for handling public complaints and proposals, nationwide industry associations and chambers of commerce, and party building work for societal organizations.

History

The Society Work Department was established in March 2023 under

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party The general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party () is the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1989, the CCP general secretary has been the paramount leader ...

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, ...

as part of the

plan on reforming Party and state institutions The plan on reforming Party and state institutions ( zh, , p=Dǎng hé guójiā jīgòu gǎigé fāng'àn, s=党和国家机构改革方案) was a large-scale reform of the institutions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Repub ...

. 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. In November 2024, Xi stated that the department's functions were "vital to the party's long-term governance."

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 ...

List of directors

References

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