The Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission () is the chief political organ under the
Central Military Commission. It was created in January 2016 following the
2015 People's Republic of China military reform. Its predecessor was the
People's Liberation Army General Political Department
The People's Liberation Army General Political Department (GPD; ) was the former chief political organ under the Central Military Commission of Chinese Communist Party. It led all political activities in the People's Liberation Army.
Its former ...
.
The department leads all political and cultural activities in the
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...
. Its current director is Admiral
Miao Hua
Miao Hua (; born November 1955) is an admiral of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). He has served as director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission since October 2017. Previously he served as politic ...
; its deputy directors are
Hou Hehua and
Yu Guang.
The Political Work Department's Liaison Department controls a
United Front
A united front is an alliance of groups against their common enemies, figuratively evoking unification of previously separate geographic fronts and/or unification of previously separate armies into a front. The name often refers to a political ...
organization called the
China Association for International Friendly Contact
The China Association for International Friendly Contact (CAIFC) is a United Front organization subordinate to the Liaison Bureau of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission. CAIFC was founded in 1984 and is active in ov ...
(CAIFC) that is active in
overseas intelligence gathering and influence operations.
History
In November 2015 the
General Political Department of the Central Military Commission was abolished and was replaced with the Political Work Department as part of Chairman
Xi Jinping's military reforms.
Its role is to integrate the CCP and its ideology and propaganda into the People's Liberation Army. In January 2016, the Political Work Department became official.
Attached agencies and units
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People's Liberation Army Daily
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Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution
The Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution or China People's Revolution Military Museum () is a museum located in Haidian District, Beijing, China that displays restored military equipment from the history of the People's Liberation ...
See also
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Chinese information operations and information warfare
Informatized warfare of China is the implementation of information warfare (IW) within the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and other organizations of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Laid out in the Chinese Defence White Paper of 2008, informat ...
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Central Leading Group for Military Reform
The Leading Group for National Defence and Military Reform of the Central Military Commission () is a policy formulation and implementation body set up under the Central Military Commission and ultimately answerable to the Central Committee of t ...
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Chinese propaganda organisations
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