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Extraction Summary
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Congressional report / appendix
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Summary
This document, labeled Appendix 1 with a House Oversight footer, details the organizational structure of China's State Council Information Office (SCIO) and the External Propaganda Leading Group (EPLG). It explains the dual nature of the organization ('one organ, two signboards') serving both the State and the Communist Party to coordinate international propaganda. The footnotes cite various reports from 2014 to 2018 regarding Chinese influence operations.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Alexander Bowe | Author |
Cited in footnotes regarding China's Overseas United Front Work.
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| James Kynge | Journalist/Author |
Cited in footnotes regarding China's 'Magic Weapon' for influence (Financial Times).
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| Anne-Marie Brady | Author |
Cited in footnotes regarding China's Political Influence Activities.
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| Xi Jinping | Political Leader |
Mentioned in the title of a cited article by Anne-Marie Brady.
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Organizations (11)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| State Council Information Office | Government Agency |
Described as the nerve center of China's international propaganda.
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| External Propaganda Leading Group | Government/Party Body |
The CCP body overseeing the SCIO.
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| Chinese Communist Party | Political Party |
Oversees the EPLG.
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| State Council | Government Body |
Administrative body under which the SCIO formally sits.
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| Central Foreign Affairs Office | Government Agency |
Used as a comparison for the SCIO's coordinating role.
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| Foreign Affairs Commission | Government Commission |
The body served by the Central Foreign Affairs Office.
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| Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Journalism Institute | Academic Institution |
Editor of the China Journalism Yearbook cited in notes.
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| US-China Economic & Security Review Commission | Government Commission |
Publisher of a report cited in notes.
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| Financial Times | Media Outlet |
Publisher of an article cited in notes.
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| Wilson Center Kissinger Institute on China and the United States | Think Tank |
Publisher of a report cited in notes.
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| House Oversight Committee | US Government Body |
Indicated by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (1 events)
2018-03
The External Propaganda Leading Group was upgraded from Leading Small Group status.
China
Locations (3)
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Subject of the report.
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Publication location of the China Journalism Yearbook.
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Mentioned in the context of US-China relations and the Wilson Center.
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Relationships (3)
the SCIO is the administrative office for the EPLG
It is formally under the State Council
overseen by the Chinese Communist Party’s External Propaganda Leading Group
Key Quotes (3)
"The State Council Information Office/External Propaganda Leading Group is the nerve center and leading organ in the sprawling system of China’s international propaganda"Source
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"one organ, two signboards"Source
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Quote #2
"This bureaucratic duality is what the Chinese describe as 'one organ, two signboards' (一个机构两块牌子)"Source
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The State Council Information Office/External Propaganda Leading Group
The State Council Information Office/External Propaganda Leading Group is the nerve center and leading organ in the sprawling system of China’s international propaganda (对外外宣) work. It maps out the entirety of China’s overseas “publicity” work, assigns different bureaucratic entities with specific tasks, fixes budgets for entities in this system, and convenes yearly meetings to implement the annual external propaganda plan (对外宣传计划). The SCIO is commonly known in Chinese both as the Guo Xin Ban (国新办) and Wai Xuan Ban (External Propaganda Office, 外宣办). The reason for the two names is because it straddles two bureaucratic systems—the party and the state. It is formally under the State Council, but it is also overseen by the Chinese Communist Party’s External Propaganda Leading Group (or EPLG). This bureaucratic duality is what the Chinese describe as “one organ, two signboards” (一个机构两块牌子), a reference to the white placards that hang outside the gates of all Chinese institutions (in this case giving the appearance of two different institutions, but in reality with only one inside). As such, the SCIO is the administrative office for the EPLG, playing a coordinating role in the media area similar to that performed by the Central Foreign Affairs Office (CFAO, 中央外办) for the Foreign Affairs Commission (中央外事委员会).
NOTES
1 This body was upgraded from Leading Small Group status in March 2018.
2 These plans are normally classified and only circulated within the Chinese bureaucracies, but occasionally they find their way into the public domain. See, for example, State Council Information Office. “Summary of China’s External Propaganda Work in 2013” [中国对外宣传工作 2013年综述]. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Journalism Institute (ed.). China Journalism Yearbook [中国新闻年鉴 2014]. Beijing: Zhongguo Shehui Kexue Chubanshe. 2014. 63–66.
3 See Bowe, Alexander. “China’s Overseas United Front Work: Background and Implications for the United States.” US-China Economic & Security Review Commission. August 24, 2018; Kynge, James, et al. “Inside China’s Secret ‘Magic Weapon’ for Worldwide Influence.” Financial Times. 26 Oct. 2017, http://www.ft.com/content/fb2b3934-b004-11e7-beba-5521c713abf4.; Brady, Anne-Marie. “Magic Weapons: China’s Political Influence Activities under Xi Jinping.” Wilson Center Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. September 18, 2017. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/magic-weapons-chinas-political-influence-activities-under-xi-jinping.
Appendix 1
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