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The Xiamen Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中國共產黨廈門市委員會) is the highest organ of CCP authority in Xiamen, Fujian Province. As with all municipal-level party committees in China, it sits above the city government in the political hierarchy — the committee’s Party Secretary outranks the mayor. The committee oversees all party work in Xiamen, controls key personnel appointments across government, media, and state enterprises, and is responsible for implementing directives from the CCP Fujian Provincial Committee and the CCP Central Committee. Xiamen holds particular strategic significance within the CCP’s cross-strait policy apparatus as the mainland city closest to Taiwan, and its municipal committee has historically been a focal point for cross-strait economic, cultural, and political engagement. Xiamen Daily serves as the committee’s official organ.

The Haicang District Propaganda Office of the Chinese Communist Party (中共海滄區委宣傳部) is the district-level arm of the CCP’s Central Propaganda Department (中央宣傳部) in Haicang District, Xiamen. The department exercises direct leadership over the media control system and is one of the main entities that enforces media censorship and control in the People’s Republic of China, engaging in propaganda work for both domestic and foreign audiences designed to increase support for the CCP. At the district level, the office supervises ideological work, controls local media and cultural output, and implements directives from the Xiamen Municipal Propaganda Office and the CCP Central Propaganda Department above it.

Established on October 1, 1952, Beijing Daily (北京日報) is the official mouthpiece of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中國共產黨北京市委員會). Since its founding, the paper has functioned as a primary organ for provincial-level ideological dissemination, with its iconic masthead personally inscribed by Mao Zedong (毛澤東). Operating under the Beijing Daily Group (北京日報報業集團), the paper is tasked with propagating central directives and municipal policies.

The Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中國共產黨北京市委員會) is the highest organ of CCP authority in Beijing. As with all municipal-level party committees in China, it sits above the city government in the political hierarchy — the committee’s Party Secretary outranks the mayor. The committee oversees all party work in Beijing, controls key personnel appointments across government, media, and state enterprises, and is responsible for implementing directives from the CCP Central Committee. Beijing Daily Group (北京日報報業集團) serves as the committee’s official media organ. The committee’s headquarters are located at 1 Zhengyi Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing.

The Haicang District Federation of Literary and Art Circles (海滄區文學藝術界聯合會) is the district-level branch of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中國文學藝術界聯合會), or CFLAC, in Haicang District, Xiamen. CFLAC is a people’s organization under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Founded in July 1949, three months before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, its mission is to unite and serve writers and artists. District-level federations such as the Haicang body operate as the lowest rung of a top-down national structure running from the CCP Central Propaganda Department (中央宣傳部) through provincial, municipal, and district levels, ensuring alignment with CCP cultural policy. The Haicang federation reports to the Xiamen Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles (廈門市文學藝術界聯合會) and operates under the authority of the Haicang District CCP Committee (中共海滄區委員會).