Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization

The Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization (CGCBSC), officially known as the Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress,^[1] is a commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It is 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.^[2]

Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress

中央精神文明建设指导委员会
Agency overview
Formed	21 April 1997; 28 years ago (1997-04-21)
Headquarters	Beijing
Agency executives	Cai Qi, Chairman Li Shulei, Vice Chairman
Parent agency	Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Child agency	Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party
Website	www.wenming.cn

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

Currently, Cai Qi serves as chairman, and Li Shulei is the vice-chair.

History

The commission was established on April 21, 1997.

Functions

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.^[3] Both the Commission and the Leading Group are chaired by the Politburo Standing Committee responsible for propaganda, and overrules the CCP Propaganda Department.^{[citation needed]}

Chairmen

1. Ding Guangen (1997–2002)
2. Li Changchun (2002–2013)
3. Liu Yunshan (2013–2017)
4. Wang Huning (2017–2022)
5. Cai Qi (2022–present)