Previously served as the Deputy Minister of Civil Affairs, Liu Zheng has been appointed as the Deputy Minister of the Central Social Work Department of the Chamber of Commerce | Work | Liu Zheng
According to the official website of the China Quality Association, on the afternoon of July 6th, the first batch of national industry association chambers of commerce themed education research symposium was held at the China Quality Association. Liu Zheng, Deputy Minister of the Central Department of Social Work, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.
The above official news shows that Liu Zheng, former Deputy Minister of Civil Affairs, has been appointed as the newly established Deputy Minister of the Central Social Work Department.
Public information shows that Liu Zheng was born in August 1966 and holds a doctoral degree. Liu Zheng has been working in the Ministry of Civil Affairs for a long time, serving as Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Deputy Director of the Personnel Department, Director of the Social Work Department, Director of the Geographical Names Department, Secretary of the Comprehensive Party Committee for Social Organizations, Director of the Social Organization Management Bureau, and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Social Organization Service Center.
In December 2022, Liu Zheng was promoted to the position of Deputy Minister of Civil Affairs, and resigned from this position in June 2023.
The Plan for the Reform of Party and State Institutions proposes the establishment of the Central Department of Social Work. Responsible for coordinating and guiding the work of people's petitions, guiding the collection of suggestions from the people, promoting party building to lead grassroots governance and political power construction, unifying the leadership of the party work of national industry associations and chambers of commerce, coordinating and promoting the deepening of 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, guiding the construction of social work talent teams, etc., as a functional department of the Party Central Committee.
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.
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 institutional reform plan also proposes the establishment of social work departments by provincial, municipal, and county-level party committees, which will be assigned the responsibilities of the "two new" work committees of the same level party committee organizational departments.
According to public reports, Wu Hansheng, former Deputy Secretary in charge of daily work of the Central and State Organ Working Committees, has been appointed as the Minister of the Central Department of Social Work.
