Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization of the Communist Party of China

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The Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization of the Communist Party of China (simplified Chinese: 中国共产党中央精神文明建设指导委员会; pinyin: Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōng​yāng Jīng​shén​wén​míng Jiàn​shè Zhǐ​dǎo Wěi​yuán​huì) is a commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China tasked with educational efforts to build a "spiritual culture" based on socialism and the goal to build a harmonious society, according to the official CPC policy.[1]

The Commission was established on April 21, 1997. As one of the most important ideological steering bodies of the CPC 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.[2] Both the Commission and the Leading Group are chaired by the Politburo Standing Committee responsible for propaganda, and overrule the CPC Propaganda Department.

Currently, Li Changchun serves as Chairman, with Propaganda Department head Liu Yunshan and State Councilor Liu Yandong as Vice-Chairs. Luo Shugang, deputy head of the Propaganda Department, serves as head of the Commission's general office, tasked with day-to-day business.

List of Chairmen

References

  1. ^ David Shambaugh, China's Propaganda System: Institutions, Processes and Efficacy, "The China Journal" No. 57, January 2007.
  2. ^ Ibid., p. 31.

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