Entity Type: PRC Party-State Agency

The Chinese Academy of Engineering (中國工程院) is China’s national academy for engineering, established in 1994 as an institution under the State Council. With 920 Chinese members and 93 foreign members across nine divisions, CAE claims to be “the highest honorary and advisory academic institution in the nation’s fields of engineering sciences and technology.” The academy describes its mission as providing consultation for national decision-making and building a “top think-tank” that is “reliable for the nation.” Like its counterpart, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAE functions primarily as a state-directed advisory body advancing government priorities in engineering and technology development, while co-organizing major government initiatives alongside multiple Chinese ministries.

The Propaganda Office of the Chinese Communist Party’s Tibet Autonomous Region Committee serves as the chief office responsible for communicating the agendas of the local party leadership and overseeing state-run media in Tibet, including the mouthpiece newspaper Tibet Daily (西藏日报). It coordinates party ideological work throughout the region while simultaneously operating under multiple official names — including the Regional Government Information Office 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 regional level directives, particularly regarding sensitive topics related to Tibetan culture, religion, and territorial claims.

The Southeast Asia International Communication Center (雲南省南亞東南亞區域國際傳播中心) is a center created in May 2022 by the propaganda office of the Yunnan Committee of the CCP. Part of a nationwide plan to leverage local media for global propaganda initiated by the leadership in 2018, and accelerating from 2021, the center is directed toward neighboring South Asian countries with focus on environmental and water management issues—key to China’s role in the Golden Triangle region. Officially approved by the Central Propaganda Department and guided by Yunnan Province’s publicity department, the center is operated by the Yunnan Daily newspaper group. Its positioning is described as building “the main battlefield” (主阵地) for serving China’s radiation center construction toward South and Southeast Asia, “the testing ground” (试验田) for China’s international communication toward South and Southeast Asia, and “the new high ground” (新高地) for “telling good stories of Beautiful China and Colorful Yunnan” (讲好美丽中国七彩云南故事). The center includes internal organizations like Lancang-Mekong Media (澜湄传媒) and houses a regional international communication research institute, demonstrating Beijing’s systematic approach to expanding media influence through strategically positioned local outlets targeting specific geographic and thematic priorities across the region.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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 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.

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.