Entity Type: PRC Party-State Agency

The International Poverty Reduction Center in China was established in May 2005 through a joint initiative between the Chinese government, United Nations Development Programme, and other international organizations. Originally operating as a direct subsidiary of China’s State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, the center now functions under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs following government reorganization in 2021. The center serves as China’s primary platform for international poverty reduction cooperation, conducting research, training programs, and policy exchanges with developing countries. It operates under a dual institutional structure, functioning both as a Chinese government entity facilitating South-South cooperation and as an international organization promoting global poverty reduction efforts. The center has organized numerous international training programs and forums, hosting officials from over 100 countries to share China’s poverty alleviation experiences — a key theme of China’s public diplomacy and external propaganda — and to promote international development cooperation initiatives across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, in line with China’s positioning of itself as a Global South leader.

The All-China Youth Federation or ACYF is a [federative body](https://en.youth.cn/InterChannel/YouthOrganization/photo/201112/t201112291886661.htm) of Chinese youth organizations and excellent youth nationwide, established in 1949. Through its 52 member organizations and over 77,000 individual members at all levels, ACYF reaches over 300 million young people across China. The Federation aims to represent and protect the legitimate rights and interests of young people and promote youth participation and development. Its highest decision-making body is the National Committee_ that works for a term of five years, with a President and Vice Presidents. When not in session, the Standing Committee presides over the Federation’s work, including various departments covering ethnic affairs, education, science and technology, and international cooperation with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Its office is located within the United Front Work Department (統戰部).

The National Radio and Television Administration, or NRTA, was established in March 2018 as a ministry-level agency controlled by the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department. Headquartered in Beijing, it succeeded the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, with Director Cao Shumin (曹淑敏) appointed as its current head in May 2023. The organization maintains direct control over state broadcasters, including China Central Television, China National Radio, and China Radio International, while issuing content guidelines that have restricted everything from reality TV shows to historical dramas. The agency has expanded its international reach, signing a cooperation agreement with Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media in July 2021 on news coverage and media narratives. In June 2022, the NRTA and Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a code of conduct for online content creators that banned material that “weakens, distorts, or denies the leadership of the CCP.”

The Office of the Foreign Affairs Work Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the CCP (中共陝西省委外事工作委員會辦公室) serves as the provincial-level body responsible for implementing foreign policy directives within Shaanxi Province, under the leadership of the top provincial party leadership. As the executive arm of the Shaanxi Provincial Foreign Affairs Commission, it operates under the dual leadership of both the provincial CCP committee and the Central Foreign Affairs Commission in Beijing. The office coordinates international exchanges, diplomatic visits, and foreign economic cooperation initiatives throughout the province, while ensuring adherence to central government foreign policy priorities. It plays a crucial role in Shaanxi’s international engagement, particularly in leveraging the province’s often advertised historical significance as a “cradle of Chinese civilization” to advance China’s cultural soft power initiatives and Belt and Road engagement. The office director typically holds a seat on the Shaanxi Provincial Party Standing Committee, reflecting the importance of foreign affairs work in the provincial power structure. Its responsibilities include managing foreign delegations, facilitating international trade exhibitions, overseeing foreign aid projects, coordinating sister-city relationships, and ensuring that all provincial international activities align with diplomatic protocols established by Beijing.

The China International Communication Center, established in November 1993 and operational by April 1994, functions as a key external propaganda institution now under the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. Originally subordinate to the State Council Information Office, with the Ministry of Finance (财政部) exercising ownership rights, the center evolved into a comprehensive international communications organization operating 26 overseas branches across 14 countries. Its multifaceted operations include publishing books and periodicals in over 40 languages, producing multimedia content, maintaining government websites including China Human Rights Network (中国人权网) and China Xinjiang Network (中国新疆网), organizing cultural exchanges, and publishing multilingual urban lifestyle magazines like “That’s China” (城市漫步). Following organizational restructuring, CICC has become instrumental in advancing Beijing’s global messaging strategy, with President Xi Jinping, according to state media reports from the organization’s 70th anniversary in 2019, setting expectations for its development into “a world-class, comprehensive international communication institution” (世界一流的综合性国际传播机构) to shape international perceptions of China through carefully coordinated narrative management across traditional and digital platforms.

The Propaganda Office of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the CCP is the functional department of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee responsible for ideological work throughout the province. The department formulates and implements propaganda tasks, policies, and measures in accordance with central government directives and provincial party committee decisions. Led by a director who holds an ex officio seat on the Provincial Party Standing Committee, the office coordinates and guides all propaganda and cultural units in the province, overseeing media regulation, cultural activities, educational content, and internet information management. It ensures consistent messaging across all communication platforms, maintains narrative control, promotes the CCP’s ideological principles, and translates central directives into local implementation. As a key component in the party’s broader propaganda system, the department wields significant political influence in shaping public opinion and reinforcing party authority throughout Shaanxi.

The Internet Affairs Office of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the CCP serves as the provincial-level branch of China’s national cyberspace governance system. It functions as the executive arm of the Shaanxi Provincial Cyberspace Affairs Commission, operating under the “one institution with two names” system that characterizes China’s cyberspace administration bodies. The office is responsible for implementing internet censorship, cybersecurity measures, and information control policies within Shaanxi Province. Similar to its national counterpart, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), it coordinates internet information content management, supervision, and enforcement at the provincial level. The office director holds an ex officio seat on the Shaanxi Provincial Party Standing Committee, reflecting the importance of internet control in the Party’s governance structure. It reports to both the provincial party leadership and the central cyberspace authorities, ensuring that national directives on digital policy are implemented locally while addressing province-specific internet governance issues.