Departments of the CPC
According to the Regulations on the Departments of the CPC, these departments are the political organs through which the Party exercises political, theoretical and organizational leadership. They are responsible for implementing the decisions and plans of the Party's Central Committee and local Party committees at all levels, exercising the Party's leadership, and enhancing the Party's development.
These mainly include general offices (offices), functional departments, administrative bodies, and dispatched representative offices.
The general office (office) of a Party committee oversees the implementation of the committee's decisions and plans, coordinates relevant work, and attends to specific affairs to ensure the committee's functioning.
The functional departments of a Party committee are responsible for the committee's work in specific sectors. They perform separate management, formulate relevant policies and regulations and ensure their implementation, and coordinate and guide the work in their respective sectors.
The administrative bodies of a Party committee are responsible for handling major affairs in specific sectors. They are the permanent bodies of the deliberative and coordinating offices that are set up to lead and coordinate important work that involves different fields and departments. They offer comprehensive services on behalf of the said offices and may undertake special management duties in line with relevant regulations.
The Party committees may dispatch representative offices to strengthen leadership over certain fields, industries, and sectors on their behalf in line with relevant regulations.
The leadership of all the above-mentioned departments is empowered to make decisions in a law-based and democratic manner. Decision-making on major issues is preceded by procedures such as survey and research, opinion soliciting, specialist appraisal, review of legal compliance, and collective discussion.
中国共产党工作机关
《中国共产党工作机关条例（试行）》指出，党的工作机关是党实施政治、思想和组织领导的政治机关，是落实党中央和地方各级党委决策部署，实施党的领导、加强党的建设、推进党的事业的执行机关，主要包括办公厅（室）、职能部门、办事机构和派出机关。
党委办公厅（室）是党委的综合部门，负责推动党委决策部署的落实，按照党委要求协调有关方面开展工作，承担党委运行保障具体事务。
党委职能部门是负责党委某一方面工作的主管部门，按照规定行使相对独立的管理职能，制定相关政策法规并组织实施，协调指导本系统、本领域工作。
党委办事机构是协助党委办理某一方面重要事务的机构，一般是指党委为加强跨领域、跨部门重要工作的领导和组织协调而设立的议事协调机构的常设办事机构，承担议事协调机构的综合性服务工作，可以根据有关规定履行特定管理职责。
党委派出机关是党委为加强对特定领域、行业、系统领导而派出的工作机关，根据有关规定代表党委领导该领域、行业、系统的工作。
党的工作机关领导班子应当科学决策、民主决策、依法决策。对重大事项的决策，一般应当经过调查研究、征求意见、专业评估、合法合规性审查和集体讨论决定等程序。
