Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization

Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization
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
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōngyāng Jīngshénwénmíng Jiànshè Zhǐdǎo Wěiyuánhuì
Commonly abbreviated as
Chinese	中央文明委
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōngyāng Wénmíng Wěi

Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress
中央精神文明建设指导委员会
Agency overview
Formed	21 April 1997; 27 years ago
Headquarters	Beijing
Agency executives	Cai Qi, Chairman; Li Shulei, Vice Chairman;
Parent agency	Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Child agency	Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party;
Website	www.wenming.cn

The Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization (CGCBSC), officially known as the Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress,^[1] is a commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It is 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]

Currently, Cai Qi serves as chairman, and Li Shulei is the vice-chair.

History

The commission was established on April 21, 1997.

Functions

As one of the most important ideological steering bodies of the CCP and the People's Republic of China, it controls nationwide propaganda and ideological dissemination, overlapping another similar body, the Leading Group for Propaganda and Ideological Work.^[3] Both the Commission and the Leading Group are chaired by the Politburo Standing Committee responsible for propaganda, and overrules the CCP Propaganda Department.^{[citation needed]}