Entity Type: PRC Party-State Agency

The Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中國共產黨深圳市委員會) is the leading political organ of the Chinese Communist Party in Shenzhen, a sub-provincial city and special economic zone in the southern Guangdong Province. The Committee exercises authority over governance, economic planning, and ideological work. It was established on January 23, 1979, when Guangdong’s provincial party committee dissolved the former Bao’an County committee and established Shenzhen as a city. The city became one of China’s first special economic zones in the 1980s, and it is now known as China’s “Silicon Valley.”

The Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中國共產黨贵州省委員會) is the highest organ of CCP authority in China’s southern Guizhou Province. As with all provincial-level party committees in China, it sits above the provincial government in the political hierarchy. First established on December 3, 1949, the committee oversees all party work in Guizhou, controls key personnel appointments across government, media, and state enterprises, and implements directives from the CCP Central Committee. Guizhou Daily (贵州日報), which began publication on November 1949, serves as the committee’s official media organ. 

The Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中國共產黨湖北省委員會) is the highest organ of CCP authority in Hubei Province. As with all provincial-level party committees in China, it sits above the provincial government in the political hierarchy. First established on May 20,1949, the committee oversees all party work in Hubei, controls key personnel appointments across government, media, and state enterprises, and implements directives from the CCP Central Committee. Hubei Daily (湖北日報), which began publication on July 1, 1949, serves as the committee‘s official media organ. As of mid-2026, Guan Zhi’ou (关志鸥) serves as the committee’s Party Secretary, in office since May 30, 2026. The committee’s headquarters are located within the Provincial Committee Compound in the Shuiguohu (水果湖) area of Wuchang District, Wuhan.

The Office of the Foreign Affairs Working Committee of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the CCP (中共湖北省委外事工作委員會辦公室) was established in 2018, when Beijing’s institutional reform promoted the formation of provincial-level foreign affairs leading groups within regional CCP committees. The office is responsible for handling visa paperwork, official visits, consular protection, outreach to international media, and promoting bilateral ties between Hong Kong and Macao through trade delegations, leadership exchanges, and youth initiatives. Since 2021, the committee office has also co-organized an annual tour for foreign correspondents, called “The World Comes for You” (世界因你而來). The sixth edition in July 2026 hosted nineteen journalists from eighteen countries invited to “tell the true, three-dimensional, and comprehensive story of Hubei” (講述真實, 立體, 全面的湖北故事), a framing consistent with the Party’s goals for positive external messaging. 

The Hebei Provincial Journalists Association (河北省新聞工作者協會), founded in April 1957, is a provincial-level organization operating under the leadership of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the CCP. The association describes itself as a “bridge” between the party and the press, stating that its mission includes guiding journalists in studying Xi Jinping Thought and upholding the “correct political direction” (正確的政治方向). The association also states that its duties include liaising with, guiding, and providing services to journalist associations in Hebei’s localities, and that it serves “international communication capacity-building” by helping “tell China’s story well” and “tell Hebei’s story well” (講好中國故事、河北故事).

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.

China International Publishing Center, or CIPC, is one of 22 brands operating under the China International Communications Group (中國國際傳播集團), focusing on translating, editing, and publishing the CCP’s documents to promote and align with “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” to overseas audiences. The center also organizes programs facilitating international communication, including high-level visits and events inviting foreign media workers to China, framed around the directive to “tell the stories of China in the new era well.”