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title: "Central Organisation Department — Definition & Meaning"
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Central Organisation Department is the Chinese Communist Party's powerful personnel agency that controls the appointment, promotion, evaluation, and transfer of senior officials throughout the party-state.
- What is the nomenklatura system and how does the Central Organisation Department enforce it?
- Why is the Central Organisation Department politically significant?
- What role did the department play under Hu Yaobang and under Xi Jinping?

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The Central Organisation Department is the Chinese Communist Party's powerful personnel agency that controls the appointment, promotion, evaluation, and transfer of senior officials throughout the party-state.

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