The Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission (CCDR), also translated as the Central Commission for Deepening Reform, is a policy formulation and implementation body of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in charge of "Comprehensively Deepening Reforms". These reforms are intended to be even more far-reaching than the previous round of comprehensive Chinese economic reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping.

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Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission
中央全面深化改革委员会

Abbreviation	Zhongyang Shen'gai Wei (中央深改委)
Formation	2013
Purpose	Supra-ministerial policy coordination and consultation body on wide-ranging reforms
Location	Huairen Hall, Zhongnanhai, Beijing
Leader	Xi Jinping
Deputy Leaders	Li Qiang Wang Huning Cai Qi
Director of the Office	Wang Huning
Parent organization	Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Subsidiaries	Office of Deepening Reforms

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The commission's main task is to determine policy guidelines for reforming the economic, political, cultural, social, ethical and party-building systems in order to address long-term reform issues, as well as to guide reform-related bodies of the CCP at central and local level, and supervise the implementation of reform plans. The CCDR has local branches, which oversee the implementation of policy guidelines issued at the central level.

The CCDR consists entirely of officials of at least "deputy national leader" rank in the official hierarchy. Most of the commission's members are also members of the Politburo of the CCP, a 25-member central decision-making body. Four of the seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee are also part of the group.^{[citation needed]}

The commission was originally established as the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms (Chinese: 中央全面深化改革领导小组; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Quánmiàn Shēnhuà Gǎigé Lǐngdǎo Xiǎozǔ).^{[1]: 74–75} The decision to establish the group was announced at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee in November 2013,^[1]: 72 which also approved a Decision of the CCP Central Committee on Comprehensively Deepening Reforms. On 30 December 2013, the Politburo announced that the group had been formed with Xi Jinping, the CCP's General Secretary and China's president, as its leader (zuzhang), and Li Keqiang, Liu Yunshan, and Zhang Gaoli as deputy leaders (fuzuzhang).^[2] Observers stated that this would mark a change, as previously policy planning was the domain of the Premier.^[3] In March 2018, the leading group is transformed to be a commission; called the Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission.^[4]

From its first meeting in early 2014 through the end of 2022, the commission convened 66 times, and has deliberated on 542 high-profile policy documents. Policy documents issued by the CCDR have largely covered policy guidance or long-term plans, with those types accounting for 54% and 25% of CCDR published documents respectively. Over three quarters of publicly released CCDR documents are later formally issued by the CCP Central Committee and the State Council.^[5]

The commission has become the primary mechanism for top-level policymaking.^[1]: 72 Domestic structural issues are its policy focus.^{[1]: 74–75} The CCDR meets regularly, convening roughly every six to eight weeks.^[5] In practice, the Xi-chaired commission outranks state administration decision-making organs, including the National Development and Reform Commission and the State Council.^[1]: 72 Despite its powerful influence, the commission is a Party body and does not have the formal authority to make law.^{[1]: 74–75}

The implementation of the CCDR's policy goals is delegated to six "special groups" within the commission.^[1]: 72 Each office has a specific policy focus, office and a high-ranking director.^[5]

• Economic system and ecological civilization reform group
• Democracy and legal system reform special group
• Cultural Reform Commission
• Social system reform special group
• Special Committee for the Reform of the Party Building System
• Discipline inspection system reform special group

The General Office of the CCDR is located within the Central Policy Research Office (CPRO), which is itself located within the CCP General Office. The CCDR has local branches at the provincial, city, and county levels,^[1]: 72 as well as at state-owned enterprises (SOEs), which oversee detailed policy guidance implantation at the local level.^[5]