| 中共中央办公厅 Zhōnggòng Zhōngyāng Bàngōngtīng | |
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 Entrance Gate to the Headquarters of CCP General Office | |
| Abbreviation | Zhōngbàn (中办) |
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| Formation | 1942; 83 years ago (1942) |
| Type | Department directly reporting to theCentral Committee Ministerial level agency |
| Headquarters | West Building,Zhongnanhai, Beijing |
| Cai Qi | |
Deputy director | Meng Xiangfeng * |
Parent organization | Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Subsidiaries | Central Security Bureau Administrative Bureau of the Mao Mauseleum |
| *Maintains full minister-level rank | |
| General Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中共中央办公厅 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中共中央辦公廳 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Chinese-Communist CentralBusiness Hall | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中办 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中辦 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Central Office | ||||||
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TheGeneral Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, often referred to as theCentral Office (中办), is an office directly under theCentral Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in charge of providing support for the Central Committee and itsPolitburo, including codifying intra-party regulations, conducting policy research and providing administrative support. The director of the General Office currently serves as the first-ranked secretary of theSecretariat of the Chinese Communist Party.
The General Office's establishment date is uncertain, though it existed by 1942 asLi Fuchun was its chief at that time; previously, its functions were exercised by theOrganization Department or technical secretariats.[citation needed]
The General Office is responsible for handling the day-to-day operations of the Central Committee, Secretariat, Politburo, and thePolitburo Standing Committee. It is in charge of assisting in drafting, revising and editing and circulating party directives and internal memos, as well as the classification of party information. The General Office also transmits and ensures the implementation of the instructions from the top-level, formulates CCP regulations, and supervises legislation.[1]
The General Office is also in charge of arranging logistics for major events and meetings of the Central Committee and its Politburo, and for preparing agendas, recording and filing meeting minutes, and distribution of communications to meeting stakeholders. It is responsible for administrative staff and political secretaries, collecting briefing information, organizing inspection tours, managing the finances of the CCP, and handling logistics and liaisons with other top-level CCP organizations.[1]
Although its business is often not overtly political, its Directors have historically had close connections with the CCP's top leaders, and usually join thePolitburo or theSecretariat after their period leading the General Office.[citation needed] The Director of the General office has been informally referred to as the "Danei Zongguan" (大内总管), roughly translated as "the gatekeeper".[2] While the Director of the General Office is sometimes referred to as an analogue to the partyGeneral Secretary's "Chief of Staff", the General Secretary also maintains a personal staff as part of theOffice of the General Secretary, whose director may also, but not necessarily, conterminously hold the position of Director of the General Office.
The CCP General Office has the following institutions:[1][3]
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