Formerly working in national security, the newly established functional department of the Party Central Committee has added another deputy minister. Former Minister | Party Central Committee
According to the "Leadership Introduction" section on the official website of the National Bureau of Letters and Visits, Li Wenwen is currently the Deputy Minister of the Central Department of Social Work, Director of the Office of the Central Joint Conference on Letters and Visits Work, Director and Party Secretary of the National Bureau of Letters and Visits.
This news shows that the identity of another deputy minister of the Central Social Work Department, which has just been established for four months, has been disclosed. Previously, Wu Hansheng, who was the Deputy Secretary in charge of daily work of the Central and State Organ Working Committees, had been appointed as the first Minister of the Central Department of Social Work; The former Deputy Minister of Civil Affairs has been appointed as the Deputy Minister.
According to public information, Li Wenwen, male, Han ethnicity, was born in January 1963. He started working in July 1983 and joined the CPC in December 1984. Graduated from the Department of Political Science and Law of Ningxia University, with a graduate degree from the Central Party School.
Li Wenwen has rich work experience and has held positions at both local and central levels. In his early years, he worked in Ningxia for a long time, serving as Deputy Director of the Third Secretariat and Director of the First Secretariat of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Party Committee Office, Deputy Director of the Autonomous Region Party Committee Office, Deputy Secretary General of the Autonomous Region Party Committee, and Director of the Policy Research Office; Deputy Secretary of the Yinchuan Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Director of the Management Committee of the Yinchuan Economic and Technological Development Zone; Director and Party Secretary of the Department of Justice of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region; Secretary of the Shizuishan Municipal Party Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress; Secretary of the Guyuan Municipal Party Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress. In June 2012, he was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and concurrently served as the Secretary of the Party Committee of Guyuan City. In June 2015, he was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
In June 2016, Li Wenwen was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee.
In December 2018, Li Wenwen was appointed as the Director of the Political Department, Member of the Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of National Security, and Deputy Chief Superintendent of Police. In April 2020, he was appointed as the Deputy Secretary General of the State Council, a member of the Party Group of government agencies, and the Secretary and Director of the Party Group of the National Bureau of Letters and Visits. The current Deputy Minister of the Central Department of Social Work, Director of the Office of the Central Joint Conference on Letters and Visits Work, Director of the National Letters and Visits Bureau, and Secretary of the Party Group. Member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Representatives of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th National Congresses of the CPC.
In March of this year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Plan for the Reform of Party and State Institutions", deploying the establishment of the Central Social Work Department, responsible for coordinating and guiding people's petition work, guiding people's proposal collection work, coordinating and promoting party building to lead grassroots governance and political power construction, leading the party work of national industry associations and chambers of commerce, coordinating and promoting the deepening reform and transformation development of industry associations and chambers of commerce, guiding the party building work of mixed ownership enterprises, non-public enterprises, new economic organizations, new social organizations, and new employment groups, and guiding the construction of social work talent teams, as functional departments of the Party Central Committee.
The Central Department of Social Work has been assigned to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to guide the construction of urban and rural community governance systems and governance capabilities, formulate social work policies, and coordinate the promotion of party building leading grassroots governance and grassroots political power construction. The party building responsibilities of national industry associations and chambers of commerce, which are under the jurisdiction of the Central and State Organ Work Committees and the Party Committee of the State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, and the overall planning, coordination, guidance, supervision and inspection of national volunteer service work, which are under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Central Guidance Committee for Spiritual Civilization Construction.
The Central Department of Social Work leads the National Bureau of Letters and Visits under unified leadership. The National Bureau of Letters and Visits, which is managed by the General Office of the State Council, has been adjusted to a directly affiliated institution of the State Council. Analysis suggests that such reforms indicate that the Party and the state attach great importance to petition work and strive to improve governance efficiency.
According to the public resume, Wu Hansheng, who has already served as the Minister of the Central Social Work Department, was born in April 1963 in Linqu, Shandong. He was a member of the 20th Central Committee and a representative of the 19th and 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Wu Hansheng has rich work experience. In his early years, he worked in the Ministry of Machinery, the Central State Organ Working Committee, and the Macau branch of Xinhua News Agency. In 2009, he served as a member of the Central State Organ Working Committee and Minister of the Organization Department. In 2010, Wu Hansheng went to work locally, serving as the Secretary of the Yingkou Municipal Party Committee, a member and Secretary General of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, and a member and Minister of the Organization Department of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee. At the end of 2018, Wu Hansheng returned to the central government and served as the Deputy Secretary of the Central and State Organ Working Committees, as well as the Leader of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission stationed in the Central Organization Department. In 2022, he was appointed as the Deputy Secretary in charge of daily work of the Central and State Organ Working Committees until his new appointment.
The public resume shows that Liu Zheng, who has served as the deputy minister of the Central Social Work Department, was born in August 1966 in Jiangxi and has a PhD in management. He has worked in the Ministry of Civil Affairs for a long time and has successively served as Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Deputy Director of the Personnel Department, Director of the Department of Social Work, Director of the Division of Geographical Names, Secretary of the Comprehensive Party Committee of the Ministry of Social Organizations, Director of the Social Organization Administration, and Social Organization Service Secretary of the Party Committee of the Center. At the end of 2022, Liu Zheng served as a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In June this year, he was removed from the post of Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs until this time he became the Deputy Minister of the Central Social Work Department.