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 secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party .
7-885: The Central Guard Bureau of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party ( Chinese : 中共中央办公厅警卫局 ), also nominally affiliated with the army and the police as the Guard Bureau of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission ( 中央军委联合参谋部警卫局 ) and the Ninth Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security ( 公安部九局 ) respectively, also known as the Central Security Bureau ,
14-709: Is often not overtly political, its Directors have historically had close connections with the CCP'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
21-691: Is the organization responsible for overseeing the protection of senior party members, their families, and important foreign dignitaries in the People's Republic of China , though actual close protection is performed mostly by the Central Guard Regiment . It has been widely called the Central Guard Bureau (CGB; 中央警卫局 ) since the Cultural Revolution . The bureau selects and controls the bodyguards of protectees; bodyguards are typically trained by
28-495: The People's Liberation Army (PLA). The CGB is part of the internal security apparatus as protectees are constantly under surveillance by their bureau-selected bodyguards. The CGB effectively controls the PLA Ground Force Beijing Garrison 's Central Guard Unit (PLA Unit 61889; formerly known as the Central Guard Regiment ), an elite security unit, by having bureau deputy directors in leadership positions in
35-530: The Politburo Standing Committee . It is in charge of assisting in drafting, revising and editing and circulating party directives and internal memos, as well as the classification of party information. The General Office also transmits and ensures the implementation of the instructions from the top-level, formulates CCP regulations, and supervises legislation. The General Office is also in charge of arranging logistics for major events and meetings of
42-492: The Central Committee and its Politburo, and for preparing agendas, recording and filing meeting minutes, and distribution of communications to meeting stakeholders. It is responsible for administrative staff and political secretaries, collecting briefing information, organizing inspection tours, managing the finances of the CCP, and handling logistics and liaisons with other top-level CCP organizations. Although its business
49-572: The unit. General Office of the Chinese Communist Party The General Office's establishment date is uncertain, though it existed by 1942 as Li Fuchun was its chief at that time; previously, its functions were exercised by the Organization Department or technical secretariats. The General Office is responsible for handling the day-to-day operations of the Central Committee, Secretariat, Politburo, and
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