
Taming News of a Border Tragedy
The catastrophe that struck the China-Nepal border last month is a case study in information control — and the clearest sign yet that Xi Jinping has rewritten the script for domestic media.

The Hebei Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中國共產黨河北省委員會) is the highest organ of CCP authority in Hebei Province. As with all provincial-level party committees in China, it sits above the provincial government in the political hierarchy — the committee’s Party Secretary outranks the governor. First convened on July 12, 1949, with Lin Tie as its founding secretary, the committee oversees all party work in Hebei, controls key personnel appointments across government, media, and state enterprises, and implements directives from the CCP Central Committee. Hebei Daily (河北日報), founded August 1, 1949, serves as the committee’s official media organ. As of January 2025, Ni Yuefeng (倪岳峰) serves as the committee’s Party Secretary. The committee’s headquarters are located at No. 46 Weiming South Street, Qiaoxi District, Shijiazhuang.
