The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently formed a Central Social Work Department to further tighten the regime’s control of the Chinese people. Observers pointed out that the move is to target petitioners and potential social unrest against its one-party rule.
According to Chinese state media, Wu Hansheng, the former deputy party secretary for a state department, has been appointed as the first head of the Central Social Work Department. He hosted the closing ceremony of a special seminar for provincial and ministerial communist cadres on dealing with petitioners on July 7.
The Central Social Work Department is the latest being added to the functional departments of the CCP Central Committee, following the Central Organization Department, the Central Propaganda Department, the United Front Work Department, and the Political and Legal Committee….
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