General Office of the Chinese Communist Party
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The General Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, often referred to as the Central Office (中办), is an office directly under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in charge of providing support for the Central Committee and its Politburo, including codifying intra-party regulations, conducting policy research and providing administrative support. The Director of the General Office currently serves as the first-ranked member of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party.
| 中共中央办公厅 Zhōnggòng Zhōngyāng Bàngōngtīng | |
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| Abbreviation | Zhōngbàn (中办) |
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| Formation | October 1945 |
| Type | Department directly reporting to the Central Committee |
| Headquarters | West Building, Zhongnanhai, Beijing |
Director | Cai Qi |
Deputy directors | Meng Xiangfeng, Chen Shiju |
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 Communist Party of China | |||||||
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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 Central Business Hall | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中办 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中辦 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Central Office | ||||||
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The office is responsible for drafting and circulating party directives and internal memos, as well as the classification of party information. It is in charge of arranging logistics for major meetings of the Central Committee and its Politburo. It is responsible for preparing meeting agendas, recording and filing meeting minutes, and distribution of communications to meeting stakeholders.
Although its business is often not overtly political, its Directors have historically had close connections with the Party's top leaders, and usually join the Politburo or the Secretariat after their period leading the General Office. The Director of the General office has been informally referred to as the "Danei Zongguan" (大内总管), roughly translated as "the gatekeeper". While the Director of the General Office is sometimes referred to as an analogue to the party General Secretary's "Chief of Staff", the General Secretary also maintains a personal staff as part of the Office of the General Secretary, whose director may also, but not necessarily, conterminously hold the position of Director of the General Office.