Central Leading Group for Internet Security and Informatization

Central Leading Group for Internet Security and Informatization
中央网络安全和信息化领导小组

Abbreviation	Zhongyang Wang'an Zu (中央网安组)
Formation	February 2014
Type	Supra-ministerial policy coordination and consultation body
Location	Beijing
Leader	Xi Jinping
Deputy Leaders	Li Keqiang Liu Yunshan
Chief of General Office	Xu Lin
Parent organization	Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Subsidiaries	Cyberspace Administration of China (also known as the General Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs)

The Central Leading Group for Internet Security and Informatization (Chinese: 中央网络安全和信息化领导小组; pinyin: Zhōngyāng wǎngluò ānquán hé xìnxī huà lǐngdǎo xiǎozǔ) is a policy formulation and implementation body set up under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China 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 decision to establish the group was announced at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee in November 2013, but did not hold its first full meeting until February 2014.^[1]

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.^[2]

Membership

• Leader
  • Xi Jinping (Politburo Standing Committee, Party General Secretary, State President)
• Deputy Leaders
  • Li Keqiang (Politburo Standing Committee, Premier of the State Council)
  • Liu Yunshan (Politburo Standing Committee, first-ranked secretary of the Secretariat)
• Chief of General Office
  • Xu Lin, concurrently Director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, deputy head of the Propaganda Department
• Members
  • Ma Kai (Politburo, Vice Premier)
  • Wang Huning (Politburo, head of Policy Research Office)
  • Liu Qibao (Politburo, head of the Propaganda Department)
  • Fan Changlong (Politburo, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission)
  • Meng Jianzhu (Politburo, head of the Politics and Law Commission)
  • Li Zhanshu (Politburo, head of the CPC General Office)
  • Guo Shengkun (Minister of Public Security)
  • Yang Jing (Secretary of the Secretariat, Secretary-General of the State Council)
  • Zhou Xiaochuan (governor of the People's Bank of China)
  • Fang Fenghui (Chief of General Staff, People's Liberation Army)
  • Xu Shaoshi (Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission)
  • Lou Jiwei (Minister of Finance)
  • Wang Yi (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
  • Yuan Guiren (Minister of Education)
  • Wang Zhigang (Vice Minister and Party Group Secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology)
  • Cai Wu (Minister of Culture)
  • Cai Fuchao (Director of State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television)
  • Miao Wei (Minister of Industry and Information Technology)

References

1. "中央网络安全和信息化领导小组成立". Xinhua. February 28, 2014.
2. Godement, Francois (July 2015). "Special issue: Governing the Web" (PDF). European Council on Foreign Relations. European Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved November 30, 2015.

External links

• The Diplomat: Xi Jinping leads new internet security group