Institute of Party History and Literature

The Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (Chinese: 中国共产党中央委员会党史和文献研究院), also known as the Central Institute of Party History and Literature, is a school directly under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It is mainly responsible for studying the basic theory of Marxism, the sinicization of Marxism and its main representatives, studying Xi Jinping Thought, studying the history of the CCP, editing and compiling important documents of Marxist classical writers and works of major leaders, and collecting and sorting out important documents of the party history. The institute was established in 2018 from the merger of three prior bodies.^[1]

Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

中国共产党中央委员会党史和文献研究院 Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wĕiyuánhuì Dǎngshǐ Hé Wénxiàn Yánjiūyuàn
Agency overview
Formed	21 September 2018; 6 years ago (2018-09-21)
Preceding agency	Party History Research Center of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party [zh] Party Documents Research Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party [zh] Compilation and Translation Bureau
Type	Ministerial level agency
Jurisdiction	Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Headquarters	Xicheng District, Beijing
Agency executive	Qu Qingshan, President
Parent agency	Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Website	www.dswxyjy.org.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	中国共产党中央委员会党史和文献研究院
Traditional Chinese	中國共產黨中央委員會黨史和文獻研究院
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wĕiyuánhuì Dǎngshǐ Hé Wénxiàn Yánjiūyuàn

History

In March 2018, the responsibilities of the Party History Research Center of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party [zh], Party Documents Research Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party [zh], and the Compilation and Translation Bureau were integrated to form the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party as part of the deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions.^[1][2] It was officially established on 21 September 2018.^[3]

Subordinate institutions

Internal departments

• General Office
• First Research Department
• Second Research Department
• Third Research Department
• Fourth Research Department
• Fifth Research Department
• Sixth Research Department
• Seventh Research Department
• Research Planning Department
• Bureau of Foreign Cooperation and Exchange
• Information Data Center
• Personnel Bureau
• Organ Party Committee
• Retired Cadres Bureau

Directly affiliated public institutions

• Government Service Center

Directly affiliated enterprise units

• Central Literature Publishing House
• Chinese Communist Party History Publishing House [zh]
• Central Compilation & Translation Press [zh]

Social organizations

• Chinese Communist Party Literature Research Association
• Mao Zedong Poetry Research Association

Academic journals

• Journal of Chinese Communist Party History Studies
• Hundred Year Tide
• Party Literature
• Foreign Theoretical Trends
• Marxism and Reality
• Contemporary World and Socialism
• Comparative Economic and Social Systems

List of leaders

Name (English)	Name (Chinese)	Tenure begins	Tenure ends	Note
Leng Rong	冷溶	March 2018	April 2019	[citation needed]
Qu Qingshan	曲青山	April 2019		[4][5]