<p>班 in 工作专班 means 班组。</p>
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<p>班组是在劳动分工的基础上，把生产过程中相互协同的同工种工人、相近工种或不同工种工人组织在一起，从事生产活动的一种组织。</p>
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2022-07-22T09:04:45.937Z
In the recent hot cases in China, I believe all those people involved are high-ranking officials, not the workmen at lower level as you mention.
NanningYouth
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2022-07-26T20:51:45.427Z
@NanningYouth In fact, 班组 is more commonly used for workmen, although the word itself carries no connotations in ranking. E.g. 三班倒 and 领导班子.
iBug
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2022-07-29T02:34:33.970Z
@iBug 班子 is first used to describe lowly opera or drama guys, but why later is used for leadership is beyond me. Perhaps leaders all love beautiful actresses, LOL.
NanningYouth
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jingchang hong
<p>&quot;专班&quot; is an agency responsible for implementing
where &quot;班&quot; is another form of &quot;小组&quot;, which is usually larger than &quot;小组&quot;
A similar meaning application of &quot;班&quot; is &quot;一班人马&quot;, which means a group of people</p>

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AdorableParker
<p>At first glance, I thought 工作专班 refers to <em><strong>the peculiar bus we take to work</strong></em>, where 班 is short for 班车. This is because that's the most common use of the phrase in my experience.</p>
<p>After reading along explanations, the sense OP posted can work too.</p>

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2022-07-22T09:02:41.883Z
I did not notice this phrase until recently when there were incidents of women-beating, rural bank runs, movie star recruited to public-funded theatre
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dan
<p>工作专班 or XX专班 has become a buzz word in recent news reports of China's media. It sounds like a task force or a group of people handling a specific matter but has never been so used earlier. The word 班 is especially ambiguous, the usual alternative for which is 小组. The case in which 班 is used not intended for the class or form of a school is 领导班子, which is as confusing.</p>

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The latest news report in which this phrase is in use: 南京玄奘寺供奉侵华日军战犯牌位事件，深深刺痛国人，严重伤害民族感情，令人震惊、无比愤慨。南京市委市政府连夜成立工作专班调查处置，通报初步情况，对有关单位和部门责任人员进行严肃处理。
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What does 班 in 工作专班 mean?
# What does 班 in 工作专班 mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-07-21)

工作专班 or XX专班 has become a buzz word in recent news reports of China's media. It sounds like a task force or a group of people handling a specific matter but has never been so used earlier. The word 班 is especially ambiguous, the usual alternative for which is 小组. The case in which 班 is used not intended for the class or form of a school is 领导班子, which is as confusing.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: The latest news report in which this phrase is in use: 南京玄奘寺供奉侵华日军战犯牌位事件，深深刺痛国人，严重伤害民族感情，令人震惊、无比愤慨。南京市委市政府连夜成立工作专班调查处置，通报初步情况，对有关单位和部门责任人员进行严肃处理。  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-07-21. Score: 2

班 in 工作专班 means 班组。

> 班组是在劳动分工的基础上，把生产过程中相互协同的同工种工人、相近工种或不同工种工人组织在一起，从事生产活动的一种组织。

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: In the recent hot cases in China, I believe all those people involved are high-ranking officials, not the workmen at lower level as you mention.  
> **username_2**: @username_0 In fact, 班组 is more commonly used for workmen, although the word itself carries no connotations in ranking. E.g. 三班倒 and 领导班子.  
> **username_0**: @username_2 班子 is first used to describe lowly opera or drama guys, but why later is used for leadership is beyond me. Perhaps leaders all love beautiful actresses, LOL.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2022-07-23. Score: 1

"专班" is an agency responsible for implementing
where "班" is another form of "小组", which is usually larger than "小组"
A similar meaning application of "班" is "一班人马", which means a group of people


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### Answer by username_4 on 2022-07-21. Score: 1

At first glance, I thought 工作专班 refers to ***the peculiar bus we take to work***, where 班 is short for 班车. This is because that's the most common use of the phrase in my experience.

After reading along explanations, the sense OP posted can work too.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I did not notice this phrase until recently when there were incidents of women-beating, rural bank runs, movie star recruited to public-funded theatre  

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