State Council Information Office


The State Council Information Office is an administrative office under the State Council, the chief administrative body of the People's Republic of China.

History

The office was merged in 1991 when the Central Committee and State Council combined the State Council Information Office with the External Propaganda Leading Group of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China.
The office formerly at responsibility for Internet censorship. The Internet Affairs Bureau dealt with Internet censorship in China and repressed "disruptive" activity on the web in mainland China. However, in May 2011 the State Council Information Office transferred the offices which regulated the Internet to a new subordinate agency, the State Internet Information Office.

List of directors

  1. Zhu Muzhi, 1991–1992
  2. Zeng Jianhui, 1992–1998
  3. Zhao Qizheng, 1998–2005
  4. Cai Wu, 2005–2008
  5. Wang Chen, 2008–2013
  6. Cai Mingzhao, March 2013 – December 2014
  7. Jiang Jianguo, January 2015 – August 2018
  8. Xu Lin, August 2018 – incumbent