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| Processed by: | kbaiko (2025-06-06 01:49:51 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 82285 >> ChatGPT 信访办公室 (Letters and Visits Office) is a government office in the People’s Republic of China where citizens can submit petitions, complaints, or appeals about government decisions, legal matters, or public grievances. It is part of China’s 信访制度 (petitioning system), a formal but non-judicial channel for resolving disputes or reporting injustices when other legal avenues have failed or been exhausted. https://youtu.be/lKfupquZ-EM?si=jr54UCn5gBe-lmwZ&t=619 10:19 那在这个期间我们都一直在这个到信访办 During this period, we were constantly going to the Petition Office. 信访办 = 信访办公室 The abbreviation is 信访办. https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E4%BF%A1%E8%A8%AA 例如清华大学信访办[1]、北京协和医院信访办[2]，... ---------- Editor: - "Letters and Visits Office" - this sounds like Chinglish: 信 = letters, 访 = visits, 办公室 = office. It's not what an English speaker would actually call it (ombudsman office). https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=ombudsman 2. A government official, especially in Scandinavian countries, who investigates citizens' complaints against the government or its functionaries. - I think ChatGPT is off here, the government office is called 国家信访局 as you can see here https://www.gjxfj.gov.cn/gjxfj/index.htm, so the right entry should be 信访局. It is officially translated as the "National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration" Google: "信访局" - 26M results "信访办公室" - 150K results |
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# 信訪辦公室 信访办公室 [[xin4 fang3 ban4 gong1 shi4]] /Petition Office; Letters and Visits Office/ # Editor: + 國家信訪局 国家信访局 [[Guo2jia1 Xin4fang3ju2]] /National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration, national ombudsman office of the PRC/ + 信訪局 信访局 [[xin4fang3ju2]] /governmental ombudsman office, existing at the county-level and above/ |