Central Social Affairs Department

Central Social Affairs Department

中国共产党中央委员会社会部
Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party (pre-1996)
Agency overview
Formed	February 18th 1939
Dissolved	1949
Superseding agencies	Central Investigation Department (1955-1983) Ministry of State Security (1983-Present)
Type	Central Committee constituent department
Jurisdiction	China
Agency executives	Kang Sheng, Director Kong Yuan, Deputy Director Pan Hannian, Deputy Director Li Kenong, Deputy Director Chen Gang, Deputy Director Tang Zheng, Deputy Director Liu Shaowen, Deputy Director

The Central Social Affairs Department (Chinese: 中国共产党中央委员会社会部) was the intelligence and counter-intelligence agency of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee from 1939 to 1949, prior to the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

Its successors include the intelligence departments of the Ministry of Public Security and of the People's Liberation Army. The Central Committee Investigation Department was formed in 1955 to integrate civilian intelligence services of China. In 1983, the Investigation Department and other relevant agencies were merged to form the Ministry of State Security (MSS) as its successor.