The Civil Affairs Bureau is the functional department of the government in charge of social administrative affairs. Perform the important function of "sharing the worries for the government and solving the worries for the masses", and be 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.

Extended information civil affairs is the administrative department in charge of civil society affairs, which generally includes marriage registration, disaster relief, special care and resettlement, supporting the government and loving the people, geographical names division, aging work, subsistence allowances, welfare, charity, funeral assistance and so on. Institutional setup: the Ministry of Civil Affairs is set up at the national level, the Civil Affairs Department at the provincial (autonomous) level, the Civil Affairs Bureau at the city and county level, and the social affairs office at the township level.

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