Party Literature Work, Ideology, and the Central Party Literature Office of the Communist Party of China
In: China report: a journal of East Asian studies = Zhong guo shu yi, Band 58, Heft 1, S. 41-59
ISSN: 0973-063X
This article reviews the origins, development and current trends of what is known as 'party literature work' and the principal organisation that carries out this work—the Central Party Literature Office (CPLO). Party literature work plays a crucial role for each generation of Chinese communist leadership to assert its ideological 'line' and build its canon. It is an integral part of the ideological apparatus of the Communist Party of China. Under Xi Jinping, CPLO was merged into a new organisation, but party literature work remains and continues to play a key role, supporting his ideological line.