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The General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army (GPD; Chinese: 中国人民解放军总政治部) was the former chief political organ under the Central Military Commission of Chinese Communist Party. It led all political activities in the People's Liberation Army.
Its former director-generals include Liu Shaoqi, Luo Ronghuan, Tan Zheng, Xiao Hua, Li Desheng, Zhang Chunqiao, Wei Guoqing, Yu Qiuli, Yang Baibing, Yu Yongbo, Xu Caihou, and Li Jinai. Its last head was Zhang Yang, who committed suicide.
The department was disbanded in January 2016 and a new agency, the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission, was founded in its stead.
During the Cultural Revolution
The General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army played an important role for Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution, through its control of "political departments" that were set up throughout the state apparatus.
In the summer of 1964 before the Cultural Revolution, organizations called "political departments" were set up in throughout branches of the administration in China, in central and regional levels. Members were to study the works of Mao Zedong and emulate the army. These organizations were headed by the General Political Department, the organ by which Mao Zedong and Lin Biao exercised control over the armed forces. This made the economic "political department" also under command of the armed forces, rather than the Party's Central Committee. This effectively created a "parallel chain of command" which bypassed the Party. The role of the GPD during the Cultural Revolution meant that when the Party lines of command failed amidst the chaos, alternative chains of command would be implemented directly controlled by Mao. By 1966, even before the Cultural Revolution began, this system was effective.
Structure
The General Political Department was led by a director, usually of General rank, and numerous deputy directors, most of whom were also accorded General rank (others were Lt. Generals). The director was a military-region level position. The last director was Zhang Yang, who served until 2016 and became head of the department's successor body.
The department also had a number of departments under it: the General Office, the Discipline Inspection Department, the Foreign Affairs Bureau General Office, the Justice Bureau General Office, Mass Work Bureau, General Office, Cadre Department, Culture Department, Directly Subordinated Organs Work Department, Liaison Department, Organization Department, Propaganda Department, and Security Department. The department also oversaw the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, the PLA Daily, the PLA Literature and Art Press (Kunlun Press), PLA Pictorial, and PLA Press.
See also
- Political Warfare Bureau, Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)
References
- "国防部新闻事务局官微发布中央军委机关英文译名". People's Daily Online. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- MacFarquhar, Roderick (1991). The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 15 (Part 2 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 117–120. ISBN 0521243378.
- Schurmann, Franz (1973). Ideology and Organization in Communist China (2 ed.). California: University of California Press. pp. 117–120.
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Chinese March 2023 Click show for important translation instructions Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Chinese Wikipedia article at zh 中国人民解放军总政治部 see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated zh 中国人民解放军总政治部 to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation The General Political Department of the People s Liberation Army GPD Chinese 中国人民解放军总政治部 was the former chief political organ under the Central Military Commission of Chinese Communist Party It led all political activities in the People s Liberation Army Its former director generals include Liu Shaoqi Luo Ronghuan Tan Zheng Xiao Hua Li Desheng Zhang Chunqiao Wei Guoqing Yu Qiuli Yang Baibing Yu Yongbo Xu Caihou and Li Jinai Its last head was Zhang Yang who committed suicide The department was disbanded in January 2016 and a new agency the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission was founded in its stead During the Cultural RevolutionThe General Political Department of the People s Liberation Army played an important role for Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution through its control of political departments that were set up throughout the state apparatus In the summer of 1964 before the Cultural Revolution organizations called political departments were set up in throughout branches of the administration in China in central and regional levels Members were to study the works of Mao Zedong and emulate the army These organizations were headed by the General Political Department the organ by which Mao Zedong and Lin Biao exercised control over the armed forces This made the economic political department also under command of the armed forces rather than the Party s Central Committee This effectively created a parallel chain of command which bypassed the Party The role of the GPD during the Cultural Revolution meant that when the Party lines of command failed amidst the chaos alternative chains of command would be implemented directly controlled by Mao By 1966 even before the Cultural Revolution began this system was effective StructureThe General Political Department was led by a director usually of General rank and numerous deputy directors most of whom were also accorded General rank others were Lt Generals The director was a military region level position The last director was Zhang Yang who served until 2016 and became head of the department s successor body The department also had a number of departments under it the General Office the Discipline Inspection Department the Foreign Affairs Bureau General Office the Justice Bureau General Office Mass Work Bureau General Office Cadre Department Culture Department Directly Subordinated Organs Work Department Liaison Department Organization Department Propaganda Department and Security Department The department also oversaw the Military Museum of the Chinese People s Revolution the PLA Daily the PLA Literature and Art Press Kunlun Press PLA Pictorial and PLA Press See alsoPolitical Warfare Bureau Ministry of National Defense Republic of China References 国防部新闻事务局官微发布中央军委机关英文译名 People s Daily Online Retrieved 2016 01 15 MacFarquhar Roderick 1991 The Cambridge History of China Vol 15 Part 2 ed Cambridge Cambridge University Press pp 117 120 ISBN 0521243378 Schurmann Franz 1973 Ideology and Organization in Communist China 2 ed California University of California Press pp 117 120