Entity Type: PRC Party-State Agency

The Propaganda Office of the Chinese Communist Party’s Changsha Municipal Committee (中共長沙市委宣傳部) serves as the chief office responsible for communicating the agendas of the local party leadership and overseeing state-run media in Changsha, including Changsha Media Group and its various broadcasting operations. The office functions as the central enforcer of the party’s media discipline, or “guidance of public opinion” (輿論導向), ensuring all local outlets maintain proper political orientation in line with central and municipal level directives.

China’s Foreign Economic Cooperation Center (FECC) is a specialized agency under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs that claims to serve as a window for foreign agricultural cooperation and manages China’s international agricultural development programs. Facilitating and managing agricultural international exchanges, south-south cooperation and agricultural aid projects, FECC coordinates with international organizations including the FAO, World Bank, and International Fund for Agricultural Development. Since 2002, FECC has managed the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme, deploying over 252 Chinese agricultural experts and technicians to 11 countries, primarily in Africa and Asia. The center promotes the international transfer of China’s agricultural development experience and “Chinese solutions” (中国方案) to developing countries along the Belt and Road, positioning itself as a key instrument of China’s agricultural diplomacy and soft power projection.

The Propaganda Office of the Jinan Committee of the CCP is the primary propaganda and media control organ at the city level in Jinan, overseeing ideological work, media supervision, and public communications. The department oversees all local broadcast, internet and print media, including the local CCP committee’s mouthpiece newspaper, Jinan Daily (濟南日報).

The China International Youth Exchange Center is a specialized agency under the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (共青團中央) established in 2004 through the merger of the China-Japan Youth Exchange Center (中日青年交流中心) founded in 1985 and China Youth International Talent Exchange Center (中國青年國際人才交流中心) founded in 1993. Located in Beijing’s Third Embassy District (第三使館區) at 40 Liangmaqiao Road, it comprises 20 departments across exchange, operations, functional, and support divisions. CIYEC facilities include the 21st Century Hotel (二十一世紀飯店), Century Theater (世紀劇院), international conference halls, educational research buildings, Silver Olive Swimming Pool (銀橄欖游泳館), tennis courts, and the 21st Century Tower. With approximately 400 staff members, CIYEC hosts about 100 foreign delegations annually, maintaining partnerships across continents in politics, economics, culture, education, science, environmental protection, and innovation sectors to foster mutual understanding among global youth.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China is a cabinet-level executive department of the State Council responsible for agriculture and rural affairs nationwide. Formed on March 19, 2018, superseding the former Ministry of Agriculture, the ministry gained additional responsibilities from agricultural investment projects previously managed by other government departments. In 2023, it absorbed the National Rural Revitalization Administration and gained rural science and technology functions from the Ministry of Science and Technology as part of broader government restructuring. The ministry handles China’s “three rural issues” (三农问题) — agriculture, rural areas, and farmers — managing fisheries, animal husbandry, farmland resources, irrigation, agricultural mechanization, and food safety. It houses the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group and oversees China’s rural vitalization strategy, reflecting the government’s prioritization of agricultural modernization and rural development. The ministry can play a role, as most offices, in conducting external propaganda and public diplomacy around key areas within its remit — including advertising China’s claimed achievements in rural development and poverty alleviation for developing nations in the Global South.

The Propaganda Office of the Chinese Communist Party’s Chongqing Municipal Committee serves as the chief office responsible for communicating the agendas of the local party leadership and overseeing state-run media in Chongqing, including the mouthpiece newspaper Chongqing Daily. It “coordinates party ideological work” throughout the city while simultaneously operating under multiple official names—including the Municipal Government Information Office, Municipal Press and Publication Bureau, and Municipal Film Bureau—allowing it to exercise comprehensive control over news, publishing, and cultural production. The department functions as the central enforcer of the party’s media discipline, ensuring all local outlets maintain proper political orientation in line with central and municipal level directives.