The Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission (), formerly known as the Central Leading Group for Cybersecurity and Informatization () is a policy formulation and implementation body set up under the

Central Committee Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of Communist party, communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party org ...

of the Chinese Communist Party for the purpose of managing internet-related issues. This is believed to include the expansion of online services, internet security concerns, as well as broad jurisdiction over policies on internet censorship. The Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission runs the Public Opinion Information Center, which coordinates with

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outlets on censorship. The decision to establish the group was announced at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, 18th Central Committee in November 2013, but did not hold its first full meeting until February 2014. The group is also known as the Cyberspace Affairs Leading Group. The Cyberspace Administration of China reports to the group and acts as its executive arm. The Leading Group was not a wholly new created entity, since it was primarily a reconstitution of the Leading Group for National Informatization, with a similar membership composition. In March 2018, the leading group was transformed into a commission, called the Central Cybersecurity and Informatization Commission, also called the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission (CCAC).

Membership

*Director **Xi Jinping (Politburo Standing Committee Member, Party General Secretary, State President) *Deputy Directors **Li Keqiang (Politburo Standing Committee, Premier of the State Council) *Chief of General Office **Zhuang Rongwen (), concurrently Director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, deputy head of the Propaganda Department, deputy director of the State Council Information Office (SCIO) *Members **''Unannounced as of March 2018''

References

{{State Council of the People's Republic of China Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 2013 establishments in China Organizations established in 2013