Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

The Institute of Party History and Literature (黨史和文獻研究院) is a ministerial-level institution directly under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), established in Beijing in March 2018. It was created by merging three predecessor bodies: the Central Party History Research Office, the Central Documentation Research Office, and the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau. According to its official mandate, the institute is responsible for research into Marxist theory and CCP history, editing and translating key party documents and leadership writings, collecting historical party records, and what its website describes as “opposing historical nihilism” (反對歷史虛無主義), a term the CCP uses to describe any challenge to its official account of history.

Country of Registration:
China
Entity Type:
PRC Party-State Agency
Chinese Name:
中國共產黨中央委員會黨史和文獻研究院
Founding Date:
01.03.2018
Address:
No. 1 Qianmaojiawan, Xicheng District, Beijing, China
Website Link:
https://www.dswxyjy.org.cn/GB/index.html
Current Status:
Active

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