Back Politická a právní komise ústředního výboru Komunistické strany Číny Czech Commission centrale aux affaires politiques et juridiques French Komisi Pusat Politik dan Hukum ID 中国共産党中央政法委員会 Japanese 중국공산당 중앙정치법률위원회 Korean Sentralkommisjonen for politiske og juridiske saker NB Comissão Central de Política e Assuntos Jurídicos Portuguese Политико-юридическая комиссия ЦК КПК Russian Ủy ban Chính trị Pháp luật Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Trung Quốc Vietnamese 中国共产党中央委员会政法委员会 Chinese
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| Abbreviation | Chinese: 中央政法委; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Zhèngfǎwěi; lit. 'Central Poli-Legal Commission') |
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| Predecessor | Central Leading Group for Political and Legal Affairs |
| Formation | March 6, 1990 |
| Type | Commission directly reporting to the Central Committee Ministerial level agency |
| Legal status | Active |
| Headquarters | 14 Beichizi Street (北池子大街), Dongcheng District, Beijing |
Region | Mainland China |
Secretary | Chen Wenqing |
Deputy Secretary | Wang Xiaohong |
(Other) Members | 8 |
Secretary-General | Yin Bai |
Parent organization | Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中共中央政法委员会 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中共中央政法委員會 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Chinese-Communist Central Politics-Law Commission | ||||||
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| Chinese | 中央政法委 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Central Poli-Legal Commission | ||||||
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The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLC) (Chinese: 中共中央政法委员会), commonly referred to as Zhongyang Zhengfawei (中央政法委, literally "Central Poli-Legal Commission") in Chinese, is the organization under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) responsible for "political and legal affairs". Based on the principles of Leninism and democratic centralism, the organization acts as the overseer and coordinator of all legal enforcement authorities, including the Ministries of State Security, Public Security and Justice, as well as the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate.[1] All provincial, municipal, county and autonomous region CCP committees have their own political and legal affairs commissions.
The CPLC functions as "the general chief of staff of the party committees, and represents the party in overseeing the country’s intelligence, law enforcement, judicial, and to a lesser extent, lawmaking systems".[1] The CPLC maintains effective control over the court system and its personnel.[2] The CPLC ensures that courts implement CCP policies and vets law enforcement officers for political reliability.[3][4] It is the "organizational linchpin of the Chinese surveillance state," according to Minxin Pei.[5]: 94 Its control of China's justice system has been especially useful and important for the CCP since the beginning of Chinese economic reform, because the CPLC has acted, through judges and prosecutors, to seize the assets and imprison those businesspeople who were becoming economically powerful enough to acquire a base independent from that of the party.[1]
The commission is headed by a secretary who is usually a CCP Politburo member.
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