| 国家信访局 | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 13 February 2000 |
| Headquarters | Xicheng,Beijing, China |
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| Parent agency | State Council |
| Website | www |
TheNational Public Complaints and Proposals Administration (Chinese:国家信访局) is a deputy-cabinet levelagency directly under theState Council of China. It is the nationalombudsman office of thePeople's Republic of China.
The office has its roots in the Bureau of Letters and Calls, founded in 1977 under theGeneral Office of theChinese Communist Party (CCP). A State Council equivalent was established in 1980, and both offices were merged in 1986. Further reforms led to the establishment of the National Bureau of Letters and Calls in 2000, which assumed its current name in 2016.
The office is responsible for hearing public complaints and proposals against various levels of government agencies nationwide. It is under the leadership of theSociety Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee since March 2023. The current director of NPCPA isLi Wenzhang, one of theDeputy Secretary-General of the State Council.
In 1977, the Bureau of Letters and Calls (Chinese:中央办公厅信访局) was founded under theCCP General Office in order to overhaul the petitioning system of China.[1][2] This was followed by the establishment of the Bureau of Letters and Calls of the General Office of the State Council (Chinese:国务院办公厅信访局) in 1980. In 1986, both offices were merged, and further reforms led to the creation of the National Bureau of Letters and Calls in 2000, which was renamed to the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration in English in 2016.[1]
In 2023, the Administration was placed directly under the State Council as part of theplan on reforming Party and state institutions, previously being subordinate to itsGeneral Office. It was also placed under the "unified leadership" of the newly establishedSociety Work Department of the CCP.[3]
The National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration is the main petitioning office of China, responsible for hearing public complaints and proposals against various levels of government agencies nationwide.[4][5] In addition to the national level, the agency includes provincial, city and county-level offices.[1]
| Name | Chinese name | Took office | Left office |
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| Zhou Zhanshun | 周占顺 | July 2000 | February 2004 |
| Wang Xuejun | 王学军 | February 2004 | March 2013 |
| Shu Xiaoqin | 舒晓琴 | April 2013 | April 2020 |
| Li Wenzhang | 李文章 | 9 April 2020 | Incumbent |
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