| | 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 party and state, the legislatures, state-owned corporations, universities, and other public institutions. Under the principles of [[Democratic Socialism]], selections are made throughout [[academia]], state enterprises and [[trade union]]s for by the Organization Department for entry level positions as delegates to the Party Congress. | + | * 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. Under the principles of [[Democratic Socialism]], selections are made throughout [[academia]], state enterprises and [[trade union]]s by the Organization Department for entry level positions as delegates to the Party Congress. |
| | * 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. | | * 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. |