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State Council Information Office
External name of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The State Council Information Office (SCIO; Chinese: 国务院新闻办公室; pinyin: Guówùyuàn Xīnwén Bàngōngshì; lit. 'State Council News Office') is the chief information office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China and an external name of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Formed | April 8, 1980 (1980-04-08) | ||||||
Jurisdiction | Government of China | ||||||
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Headquarters | Beijing Telegraph Building, 11 West Chang’an Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing 39°55′53″N 116°25′37″E | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 国务院新闻办公室 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 國務院新聞辦公室 | ||||||
Literal meaning | State Council News Office | ||||||
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Historically, SCIO was the external name of the Office of External Propaganda (OEP) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under an arrangement termed "one institution with two names." In 2014, OEP was absorbed into the Central Propaganda Department, turning SCIO into an external nameplate.