Social Work Department

Not to be confused with Central Social Affairs Department.

Social Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

中国共产党中央委员会社会工作部
Formation	2023
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

Social Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
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
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Shèhuì Gōngzuò Bù

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 in charge of "social work".

History

The department was established in March 2023 under CCP general secretary Xi Jinping after wide-ranging reforms to change the Party and state structure.^[1] On 8 July 2023, Wu Hansheng was appointed as the first head of the Department.^[2]

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.^[3][4]

Heads

Officeholder	Term start	Term end	General Secretary
Wu Hansheng	8 July 2023	Incumbent	Xi Jinping

References

1. Hong, Chun Wan; Zhai, Keith (16 March 2023). "China's Communist Party Overhaul Deepens Control Over Finance, Technology". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
2. "Former Senior China Graft Buster Appointed to New Public Complaints Agency". Caixin. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
3. "中共中央 国务院印发《党和国家机构改革方案》_中国经济网——国家经济门户". Economic Daily. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
4. Wang, Kelly (17 March 2023). "China's Institutional Shake-Up Produces New Department to Better Handle Public's Complaints". Caixin. Retrieved 18 March 2023.