Central Investigation Department
| 中国共产党中央委员会调查部 | |
Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party (pre-1996) | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 20 June 1955 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Dissolved | 1 May 1983 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Type | Central Committee constituent department |
| Jurisdiction | China |
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The Central Investigation Department (Chinese: 中央调查部; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Diàochá Bù) was the intelligence and counter-intelligence agency of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1949 to 1983.
In 1983, the Investigation Department and other relevant agencies were merged to form the Ministry of State Security (MSS) as its successor.