| 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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The Society Work Department is a ministry-level agency under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party,responsible for handling public complaints and proposals,nationwide industry associations and chambers of commerce,and party building work for societal organizations.
The Society Work Department was established in March 2023 under General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping as part of the plan on reforming Party and state institutions. [1] [2] On 8 July 2023,Wu Hansheng was appointed as the first head of the Department. [3] By February 2024,all provincial-level divisions in China had set up Social Work Departments,a task given to provincial,municipal,and county-level party committees. [4] In November 2024,Xi stated that the department's functions were "vital to the party's long-term governance." [5]
The department oversees the interactions of the CCP with civic groups,chambers of commerce and industry groups. It also works with CCP cells to promote party-building work in mixed-ownership and non-public enterprises,industry associations and chambers of commerce,new employment groups and "small,individual,and specialized" enterprises. It helps guide non-profit social organizations and volunteers at the grassroots level. [4] It additionally handles public petitions and grievances,and has a "unified leadership" over the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration. [6] [7]
| Officeholder | Term start | Term end | General secretary | Ref. |
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| Wu Hansheng | 8 July 2023 | Incumbent | Xi Jinping | [3] |