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.
中國共產黨工作機關
《中國共產黨工作機關條例（試行）》指出，黨的工作機關是黨實施政治、思想和組織領導的政治機關，是落實黨中央和地方各級黨委決策部署，實施黨的領導、加強黨的建設、推進黨的事業的執行機關，主要包括辦公廳（室）、職能部門、辦事機構和派出機關。
黨委辦公廳（室）是黨委的綜合部門，負責推動黨委決策部署的落實，按照黨委要求協調有關方面開展工作，承擔黨委運行保障具體事務。
黨委職能部門是負責黨委某一方面工作的主管部門，按照規定行使相對獨立的管理職能，制定相關政策法規并組織實施，協調指導本系統、本領域工作。
黨委辦事機構是協助黨委辦理某一方面重要事務的機構，一般是指黨委為加強跨領域、跨部門重要工作的領導和組織協調而設立的議事協調機構的常設辦事機構，承擔議事協調機構的綜合性服務工作，可以根據有關規定履行特定管理職責。
黨委派出機關是黨委為加強對特定領域、行業、系統領導而派出的工作機關，根據有關規定代表黨委領導該領域、行業、系統的工作。
黨的工作機關領導班子應當科學決策、民主決策、依法決策。對重大事項的決策，一般應當經過調查研究、征求意見、專業評估、合法合規性審查和集體討論決定等程序。
