CKN Knowledge Session: Inside the CCP's New Social Work Department: Party-Building 2.0 or Something Deeper?
The Chinese Communist Party has launched a powerful new institutional tool – the 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 – tasked with reaching into the very heart of society: private companies, NGOs, community groups, and even volunteers. But what does this tell us about the Party's grip—and its doubts?
Join this exclusive China Knowledge Network session that dives deep into this game-changing development.
The event's speaker is Professor Frank Pieke, one of the world’s foremost experts on the Chinese Communist Party and currently based at the National University of Singapore. This is a rare opportunity to hear him in person on a topic that has profound implications for China watchers in government, media, and business alike.
The session includes:
🔹What the new Department does (and doesn’t do);
🔹Why its creation reflects insecurity at the top;
🔹How this affects foreign businesses, journalists, and NGOs operating in or with China;
🔹A Q&A session with Prof. Pieke
China Knowledge Network
The Dutch China Knowledge Network (CKN) is a network established to involve China experts and disseminate knowledge within the government of the Netherlands and beyond.Our key task is to connect various angles of research and events to better understand China’s motives, policies and vision to develop more effective policies and better advise social partners. The secretariat of the knowledge network has been assigned to think tank Clingendael together with LeidenAsiaCentre. They will function primarily as ‘knowledge brokers’, matching the supply and demand of knowledge.
