Official Government Websites

Official Government Websites

This page contains links to Official websites from the Chinese Government and Chinese news outlets run by the CCP. We have found these useful when looking at what the Chinese Government wants people to read about China.

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) website 外交部 Website of China’s Foreign Ministry- useful for insights into Chinese foreign policy and readouts of recent visits
State Council Information Office (SCIO) 国务院新闻办公室 Website of the SCIO, which is the external name of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the CCP. Useful for seeing how the Chinese government wishes to present itself to the outside world.
Central Military Commission(中央军事委员会) English language site of the Central Military Commission, the chief defense strategy and policy-making department in the PRC, much more powerful than the Ministry of National Defense.
Site of Ministry of Commerce(商务部) Website of the Ministry of Commerce, commonly known as MOFCOM, a body involved in formulating policy on foreign trade, export and import regulations, foreign direct investments, consumer protection etc.
Site of Ministry of Finance (财政部) The Ministry of Finance is responsible for fiscal policy and administering macroeconomic policies and the national budget.
Site of the National Development and Reform Commission(发改委) An agency under the State Council, which has broad administrative and planning control over the Chinese economy.
People’s Daily (人民日报) English language site of the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Global Times (环球时报) English language Chinese newspaper under the People’s Daily.
Xinhua News Agency (新华社) Official state news agency of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)