Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization

Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress
中央精神文明建设指导委员会
Agency overview
Formed21 April 1997 (1997-04-21)
Dissolved2023 (2023)
HeadquartersBeijing
Parent agencyCentral Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Child agency
Websitewww.wenming.cn Edit this at Wikidata
Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization
Simplified Chinese中央精神文明建设指导委员会
Traditional Chinese中央精神文明建設指導委員會
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngyāng Jīngshénwénmíng Jiànshè Zhǐdǎo Wěiyuánhuì
Commonly abbreviated as
Chinese中央文明委
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngyāng Wénmíng Wěi

The Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization (CGCBSC), officially known as the Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress,[1] was a commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It was tasked with educational efforts to build a "spiritual civilization" (Jingshen Wenming) based on socialism and the goal to build a socialist harmonious society, according to the official Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policy.[2]

History

The commission was established on 21 April 1997.

The commission was disestablished in 2023.[3]

Functions

As one of the most important ideological steering bodies of the CCP and the People's Republic of China, it controlled nationwide propaganda and ideological dissemination, overlapping another similar body, the Leading Group for Propaganda and Ideological Work.[4] Both the Commission and the Leading Group were chaired by the Politburo Standing Committee responsible for propaganda, and overrules the CCP Propaganda Department.

Chairmen

  1. Ding Guangen (1997–2002)
  2. Li Changchun (2002–2013)
  3. Liu Yunshan (2013–2017)
  4. Wang Huning (2017–2022)

References

Citations

  1. ^ "Publicity head stresses Chinese tourists' behavior abroad". China News Service. Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 2022-12-27. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  2. ^ Shambaugh, David (January 2007). "China's Propaganda System: Institutions, Processes and Efficacy" (PDF). The China Journal. 57: 25–58. doi:10.1086/tcj.57.20066240. S2CID 222814073. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  3. ^ Sun, Jiaye (11 October 2023). "中國評論：文化思想出籠 文明委消失 ／文：孫嘉業" [China Commentary: Cultural Ideas Emerge, Civilization Commission Disappears]. Ming Pao. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  4. ^ Shambaugh 2007, p. 31.

Sources

  • Xu Dashen, Records of the People's Republic of China (《中华人民共和国实录》), Jilin People's Publishing House, 1994.
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