A quick guide to the new Commission on Comprehensive Governance according to Law (CCGAL)
What is the Central Party CCGAL? It is a newly established decision-making body at the highest rank that is mandated to decide on issues concerning legislative initiatives, judicial policies and policy issues on law and enforcement, compliance of law and dissemination of law to the general public. The predecessor of the Central Party CCGAL first emerged in 2017 as one of the Central Leading-Groups headed by the General Party-Secretary (GPS) Xi Jinping, which was upgraded quickly to the status of a commission in 2018 as a component of the most expansive and far-reaching Action Plan on the Restructure of Party-State Institutions 深化党和国家机构改革方案 (hereinafter 2018 Restructure Plan). The CCGAL is established to help the Party exert focused and unified leadership over its “rule-of-law” program. In mid-2018, it announced 98 tasks , covering all policy areas indicated above. The CCGAL has held two meetings by far. At its first meeting , it approved draft amendments of the Organic Law of Peo...