Central Policy Research Office
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中共中央政策研究室 | |
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| Abbreviation | Zhongyang Zhengyanshi (中央政研室) |
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| Formation | 1981 |
| Type | Organization directly reporting to the Central Committee Ministerial level agency |
| Headquarters | 2 Sha Tan Bei Jie, Dongcheng District, Beijing |
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Director | Jiang Jinquan |
Deputy directors | Zhang Ji, Tian Peiyan |
Parent organization | Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |
Formerly called | Research Office of the Secretariat Central Office for Political Structure Reform |
| *Maintains full minister-level rank | |
| Policy Research office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国共产党中央委员会政策研究室 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國共產黨中央委員會政策研究室 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中共中央政策研究室 | ||||||
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The Central Policy Research Office (CPRO) is an institution of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party responsible for providing policy recommendations and insights to matters of governance, spanning political, social, and economic realms. It is responsible for drafting the ideology and theories of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as well as various policy pronouncements at major congresses or plenums.
History
[edit]This office was founded in 1981,[1] following the Cultural Revolution. Initially it was an office under the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party. Deng Liqun served as its first director. In 1987, after the ouster of reformer Hu Yaobang as CCP General Secretary and also as a result of Deng Liqun being politically sidelined, the office was re-organized and renamed as the Central Office for Political Structure Reform, headed by Bao Tong, at the time the main secretary to then-party leader Zhao Ziyang. Bao was later purged along with his boss, when Zhao fell out of favour after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. In that year, the Political Reform Office was merged with the "Central Rural Research Office", after which it took on its current name.[citation needed]
The office was a major force behind crafting the ideologies of three successive administrations: the "Three Represents" of Jiang Zemin, the Scientific Outlook on Development of Hu Jintao, and the Chinese Dream of Xi Jinping. Wang Huning, who took charge of the office in 2002, is seen as one of the main advisors of Xi Jinping.[citation needed]
Administratively, the office is at the same level as a ministry of state. Its former head Wang Huning, has been a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, and prior to that, a member of the Secretariat. This accorded Wang a "deputy national leader" rank.[citation needed] Additionally, beginning in 2013, the Office of the Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission is located at this office and is headed by Wang Huning.[2][3]
Responsibilities
[edit]The office is tasked with drafting the work reports to the party congresses and major party conferences, including Party Congress reports and plenum decisions, as well as drafting and revising "major documents of the party centre" and "some major speeches of central leaders." It also provides insights and research for party ideology and theories, as well as the feasibility of major policy initiatives.[1][4] It is also to analyze and collect data on the state of the economy and send related recommendations to the party leadership.[2]
The office is composed of several departments, each overseeing politics, economics, "party-building", philosophy and history, culture, international affairs, general affairs, and rural affairs. In 2007, a department focused on "social affairs" was created.[2] The office is located within the CCP General Office, which has been called the party's "nerve center".[3]
List of directors
[edit]- Deng Liqun, as director of the Research Office of the Secretariat (1981 – September 1987)
- Bao Tong, as director of the Office for Political Structure Reform (December 1987 – July 1989)
- Wang Weicheng (August 1989 – August 1997)
- Teng Wensheng (August 1997 – October 2002)
- Wang Huning (October 2002 – October 2020)
- Jiang Jinquan (October 2020 – present)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Decoding Chinese Politics: Party Center". Asia Society. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ a b c "中共中央政策研究室原副主任解密：中央深改组将如何推进" [Former deputy director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee declassified: How will the deep reorganization of the Central Committee be promoted?]. Xinhua News Agency. March 13, 2014. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014.
- ^ a b Grünberg, Nis; Brussee, Vincent (28 September 2022). "Xi's Control Room: The Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform". Mercator Institute for China Studies. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Grünberg, Nis; Brussee, Vincent (28 September 2022). "Xi's Control Room: The Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform". Mercator Institute for China Studies. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
