Organization Department of the Communist Party of China
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| Abbreviation | Zhongzubu (中组部) |
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| Formation | July 1921 |
| Type | Department directly reporting to the Central Committee |
| Headquarters | Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing |
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Head
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Zhao Leji |
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Executive deputy head
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Chen Xi* |
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Deputy heads
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Yin Weimin*, Wang Jingqing, Pan Ligang, Qi Yu, Deng Shengming |
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Secretary-General
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Gao Xuanmin |
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Parent organization
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Central Committee of the Communist Party of China |
| Website | www |
| *Maintains full minister-level rank | |
The Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (simplified Chinese: 中国共产党中央组织部; traditional Chinese: 中國共產黨中央組織部; pinyin: Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Zǔzhībù) is a department of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China that controls staffing positions within the CPC.
The Organization Department is one of the most important organs of the CPC. It is a secretive and highly trusted agency, and forms the institutional heart of the Leninist party system. It controls the more than 70 million party personnel assignments throughout the national system, and compiles detailed and confidential reports on future potential leaders of the Party.
Because the People's Republic of China is a one party state, the Organization Department has an enormous amount of control over personnel within the PRC. The Organization Department is indispensable to the CPC's power, and the key to its hold over personnel throughout every level of government and industry. It is one of the key agencies of the Central Committee, along with the Central Propaganda Department and International Liaison Department.
The CPC uses the nomenklatura method ("list of names" in Soviet terminology) to determine appointments. The nomenklatura system is how a Leninist ruling party staffs the apparat, exercising organizational hegemony over appointments and dominating the political life of the country.
The central nomenklatura list comprises the top 5,000 positions in the party-state, all of which are controlled by the Organization Department. This includes all ministerial and vice-ministerial positions, provincial governorships and First Party secretary appointments, as well as appointments of university chancellors, presidents of the Academy of Science and Academy of Social Sciences, etc.
Related to the nomenklatura list is the bianzhi list, which is a list of the authorized number of personnel, as well as their duties and functions in government administrative organs, state enterprises, and service organisations. The bianzhi covers those employed in these organisations, whereas the nomenklatura applies to leadership positions. However, because the Party and its organizational departments are constantly intervening in the personnel and administrative functioning of state institutions, the parallel existence of the bianzhi and nomenklatura systems has become an obstacle to fundamental administrative reform in China.
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