Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization

Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization
Simplified Chinese	中央精神文明建设指导委员会
Traditional Chinese	中央精神文明建設指導委員會
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngyāng Jīngshénwénmíng Jiànshè Zhǐdǎo Wěiyuánhuì
Commonly abbreviated as
Chinese	中央文明委
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngyāng Wénmíng Wěi

The Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization (Chinese: 中央精神文明建设指导委员会; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Jīngshénwénmíng Jiànshè Zhǐdǎo Wěiyuánhuì), also known as the Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress, is a commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party tasked with educational efforts to build a "spiritual civilization" (Jingshen Wenming) based on socialism and the goal to build a socialist harmonious society, according to the official Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policy.

The Commission was established on April 21, 1997. As one of the most important ideological steering bodies of the CCP and the People's Republic of China, it controls nationwide propaganda and ideological dissemination, overlapping another similar body, the Leading Group for Propaganda and Ideological Work. Both the Commission and the Leading Group are chaired by the Politburo Standing Committee responsible for propaganda, and overrule the CCP Propaganda Department.

Currently, Wang Huning serves as chairman, and Huang Kunming is the vice-chair.

Chairmen

1. Ding Guangen (1997–2002)
2. Li Changchun (2002–2013)
3. Liu Yunshan (2013–2017)
4. Wang Huning (2017–present)

References

Sources

• Xu Dashen, Records of the People's Republic of China (《中华人民共和国实录》), Jilin People's Publishing House, 1994.