Central Compilation&Translation Bereau

The Central Compilation and Translation Bureau is an institution under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China established in 1942. Its primary responsibility, according to official sources, is to "research key Marxist works" and translate foreign language Marxist writings. The Bureau was originally the Office for the Translation of Mao Zedong’s Works, and it later became better known as the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau. On December 15, 1961, Comrade Deng Xiaoping, who was at that time in charge of the work of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, issued a written instruction concerning a request from the International Department and Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee in November that year to the central authorities for the setting up of a permanent translation organization. Deng acceded to the request, and determined that it should come under the aegis of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau.