| 中央宣传思想领导小组 Zhōngyāng Xuānchuán Sīxiǎng Lǐngdǎo Xiǎozǔ | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | March 10, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-03-10) |
| Type | Leading small group |
| Jurisdiction | Chinese Communist Party |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
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| Parent agency | Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |
TheCentral Leading Group for Publicity, Ideological and Cultural Work is aleading small group of theCentral Committee of theChinese Communist Party (CCP) responsible for nationwidepropaganda.
Its current group leader isCai Qi; withLi Shulei andShen Yiqin as deputies.
The CLGPIW controls all propaganda, publicity and information of theChinese Communist Party as well as thePeople's Republic of China. The agencies under its scrutiny include theCCP Propaganda Department and theState Council Information Office. Its basic function is to coordinate ideological, propaganda, cultural, media and publishing activities.[1] In both composition and duties, the CLGPIW overlap another similar body, theCCP Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization.
The group leader is usually thePolitburo Standing Committee member in charge of propaganda, while the deputy leader is the head of the Propaganda Department. The rest of the group members (usually five to eight), except for the head and deputy head of the Secretarial Group, seem to be unknown to the public.[1]
The Central Leading Group for Publicity and Ideological Work was established in thesummer of 1957 as theCentral Theory Group (中央理论小组;Zhōngyāng Lǐlùn Xiǎozǔ) led byKang Sheng,[2] but it was replaced on June 10, 1958, by aCentral Culture and Education Group (中央文教小组;Zhōngyāng Wénjiào Xiǎozǔ) led byLu Dingyi, with Kang Sheng as deputy leader andChen Boda among its members,[2] until a separate leading group for education was established in 1982.[1] The current CLGPIW was established in 1988 by the CCP Central Committee Directive No. 11.[3]
Its first leader wasHu Qili, although he was dismissed in 1989 for opposing the use of violence against the1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. Although usually the group leader is a Politburo Standing Committee member,Ding Guangen, who led the CLGPIW from 1992 to 2002, was concurrently Standing Committee member,Secretariat member and Propaganda Department head.
In June 2023, it was reported that the agency was renamed to the Central Leading Group for Publicity, Ideological and Cultural Work.[4]
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