What kind of unit does the Civil Affairs Bureau belong to? Is it a government department or a public institution?

Civil Affairs Bureau is the government's functional department in charge of social administrative affairs, and public institutions refer to social service organizations established by the government using state-owned assets to engage in education, science and technology, culture, health and so on. Therefore, the Civil Affairs Bureau is an administrative unit directly managed by the government, not a public institution.

The Civil Affairs Bureau performs the important function of "sharing the worries for the government and solving the worries for the masses", and is in charge of disaster relief, double support, special care and resettlement, management of non-governmental organizations, construction of grass-roots political power, minimum living security for urban and rural residents, social welfare and social affairs, and geographical names division.

Broadly speaking, government agencies refer to all legislative, administrative, judicial and bureaucratic agencies of the central and local governments. In a narrow sense, government agencies only refer to the central and local administrative organs and bureaucracies, that is, those state agencies established in accordance with state laws that enjoy administrative power and undertake administrative functions. In China, they are also called "state administrative organs".

Institutions refer to social service organizations established by the government using state-owned assets to engage in education, science and technology, culture, health and other activities. Institutions accept the leadership of the government and are legal entities in the form of organizations or institutions.

Institutions are generally public welfare institutions established by the state, but they are not government agencies and are different from civil servants. Under normal circumstances, the state will give financial subsidies to these institutions, which are divided into fully funded institutions and balance allocation institutions.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia? Ministry of Civil Affairs

Baidu encyclopedia? Government organization

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