Office of the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

Office of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党中央委员会总书记办公室
AbbreviationZǒngshūjì Bàngōngshì
(总书记办公室)
FormationJune 1989
TypeInstitution directly under the General Office of the Central Committee
Deputy-ministerial level agency
Legal statusDepartmental level rank
HeadquartersQinzheng Hall, Zhongnanhai, Beijing
Director
Cai Qi
Parent organization
Central Committee General Office

The Office of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party often referred to as the General Secretary's Office (总书记办公室) is a bureau whose staff is assigned to work directly under, and closely with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s General Secretary. The Office manages personal affairs of the General Secretary and is a part of the Central Committee, but reports directly to the General Secretary. The director of the Office of the General Secretary and the staff under him are considered to be Mishus, or trusted confidants responsible for maintaining the private information and correspondence of the party's leader.

The office is distinct from, and administratively subordinate to, the CCP General Office, whose staff support the many party departments under the CCP Central Committee, the CCP Secretariat and the CCP Politburo. In spite of this distinction, Cai Qi, the incumbent head of the Office of the General Secretary, is concurrently also head of the CCP Central Committee General Office and CCP Politburo Standing Committee member.[1] All directors of the Office of the General Secretary have also concurrently served as directors of the Office of the President.

  1. ^ "Director of the General Secretary's Office: I have been working in Shanghai before entering Beijing". Beijing Youth Daily. SINA Corporation. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

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