Entity Type: PRC Party-State Agency

The China International Development Cooperation Agency, or CIDCA (國家國際發展合作署), is a deputy ministerial-level agency directly under China’s State Council, formally established on April 18, 2018. The agency was created by merging foreign aid responsibilities previously handled by the Ministry of Commerce with input from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the stated aim of strengthening strategic coordination of aid. CIDCA drafts aid strategy, sets budgets, approves projects, negotiates government-to-government aid agreements, and monitors implementation, though the on-ground execution of projects remains with the other ministries. The agency, for example, manages the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund (南南合作援助基金), established in 2015 and upgraded in 2022 to the Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund,, meant to finance development projects in developing countries.

The Tianjin Municipal People’s Government (天津市人民政府) is the chief administrative body of Tianjin, a directly administered municipality under the central government of the People’s Republic of China. It oversees the day-to-day governance of the municipality, including economic planning, public services, urban development, and the implementation of national policy at the local level. As with all levels of government in China, the Municipal People’s Government operates subordinate to and under the leadership of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中國共產黨天津市委員會), which sets the political direction and holds ultimate authority over governance in the municipality.

The China Academy of Information and Communication Technology (中國信息通信研究院), or CAICT, is a state-affiliated research institution established in 1957 and directly subordinate to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工業和信息化部). The academy describes its mission as serving as a “national high-end professional think tank and an industrial innovation and development platform,” guided by the institutional motto “virtue and learning, industry and ambition” (厚德實學 興業致遠). Over the decades, CAICT has played a central role in shaping major strategies, plans, policies, standards, and testing and certification frameworks for China’s information and communications sector. In recent years, the academy has expanded its research portfolio to align with national strategies around China’s ambitions to be a “cyber power” (網絡強國) and “manufacturing power” (製造強國), with active work across 4G/5G, industrial internet, smart manufacturing, cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, connected vehicles, cybersecurity, and virtual and augmented reality. CAICT plays a key role in AI development and policy-making in China, and in February 2026 published the Artificial Intelligence Industry Development Research Report (人工智能產業發展研究報告). The academy has also provided institutional support for major state initiatives including Internet+, the “Broadband China” strategy, and the integration of “informatization” and industrialization.

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the Guangzhou People’s Government (廣州市人民政府台灣事務辦公室) is the municipal implementation of CCP Taiwan policy in Guangzhou, operating under the “one institution, two names” system as the Taiwan Work Office of the CCP Guangzhou Municipal Committee (中共廣州市委台灣工作辦公室). The office implements central and provincial directives at the local level, coordinating cross-strait economic cooperation, cultural exchanges, and Taiwan business affairs in Guangzhou and its districts. It administers the “Guangzhou 60 Measures” (廣州60條惠及台胞措施), a policy framework targeting Taiwanese residents and businesses with incentives and preferential treatment, and facilitates integration of Taiwan enterprises into the Greater Bay Area (GBA), the official name for the planned multi-city development area encompassing Guangdong’s Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong and Macau. The office reports to both the municipal Party committee and the provincial TAO.

The Guangdong Provincial People’s Government (廣東省人民政府) serves as the provincial administrative authority for Guangdong Province in the People’s Republic of China. Established on November 6, 1949, the government operates as the executive organ of the Guangdong Provincial People’s Congress, implementing policies from Beijing while managing local affairs across the nation’s most economically dynamic province. Based in Guangzhou, the provincial government oversees constituent departments and institutions that manage everything from economic development to social services. The government exercises broad administrative powers including economic planning, urban development, education, healthcare, and environmental protection while serving as the key interface between central government directives and local implementation in China’s manufacturing and export hub.

The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Spain is China’s chief diplomatic mission in the country. The mission was established in March 1973, following the normalization of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and Spain. The embassy serves as the primary channel for political, economic, and cultural relations between China and Spain, and also represents China’s interests in Andorra. The embassy faced international scrutiny in September 2022 when human rights organization Safeguard Defenders alleged the existence of nine secret Chinese police stations operating in Spain, the second-highest number in any European country after Italy, according to the organization. The stations, ostensibly providing administrative services to Chinese nationals, were allegedly used to coerce Chinese dissidents and criminal suspects into returning to China through intimidation tactics. 

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.