Changes

The heads of the next three most powerful departments after the Discipline Inspection Commission in the Party bureaucracy sit on the regular Politburo. Those departments are:

The heads of the next three most powerful departments after the Discipline Inspection Commission in the Party bureaucracy sit on the regular Politburo. Those departments are:

* The Organization Department: responsible for the recruitment of Party members and their training, career development, and assignment to jobs across

* The Organization Department: responsible for the recruitment of Party members and their training, career development, and assignment to jobs across the party and state, the legislatures, state-owned corporations, universities, and other public institutions.

the party and state, the legislatures, state-owned corporations, universities, and other public institutions.

* The Propaganda (or “Publicity”) Department: responsible for the Party’s messaging and for control of the media and ideology. In coordination with the

* The Propaganda (or “Publicity”) Department: responsible for the Party’s messaging and for control of the media and ideology. In coordination with the Organization Department, the Propaganda Department manages the leaders of the Ministry of Culture; the newly constituted General Administration Press and Publication, Radio, Film, and Television; the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; ''The People’s Daily''; the Xinhua News Agency; and other media organizations.

Organization Department, the Propaganda Department manages the leaders of the Ministry of Culture; the newly constituted General Administration Press and

Publication, Radio, Film, and Television; the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; ''The People’s Daily''; the Xinhua News Agency; and other media

organizations.

* The Central Commission of Politics and Law: responsible for ensuring Party control over the internal security apparatus. Its full membership is not publicized.  Known members include the President of the Supreme People’s Court, the Procurator-General of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (China’s chief

* The Central Commission of Politics and Law: responsible for ensuring Party control over the internal security apparatus. Its full membership is not publicized.  Known members include the President of the Supreme People’s Court, the Procurator-General of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (China’s chief

prosecutor), the Minister of Public Security, the Minister of State Security, and the Minister of Justice.

rosecutor), the Minister of Public Security, the Minister of State Security, and the Minister of Justice.

===Central Committee===

===Central Committee===