| Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission | |
| Abbreviation: | Zhongyang Wangxin Wei |
| Formation: | February 2014 |
| Native Name: | 中央网络安全和信息化委员会 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Type: | Supra-ministerial policy coordination and consultation body |
| Vat Id: | (for non-profit org) --> |
| Status: | Active |
| Headquarters: | Beijing |
| Owners: | --> |
| Leader Title: | Leader |
| Leader Name: | Cai Qi |
| Leader Title2: | Deputy Leaders |
| Leader Title3: | Chief of General Office |
| Leader Name3: | Zhuang Rongwen |
| Parent Organization: | Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Subsidiaries: | Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission (with the external brand name Cyberspace Administration of China) |
| S: | 中央网络安全和信息化委员会 |
| P: | Zhōngyāng Wǎngluò Ānquán Hé Xìnxī Huà Wěiyuánhuì |
| Links: | no |
| Order: | st |
The Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission is a policy formulation and implementation body set up under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party for the purpose of managing cybersecurity and informatization, including internet censorship. This decision-making body comprises the leaders of all major party and state departments, along with the People's Bank of China and the military.
The Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission runs the Public Opinion Information Center, which coordinates with state media outlets on censorship.[1] The commission's executive arm is the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, which has the external name of the Cyberspace Administration of China under the "one institution with two names" system.[2] [3] [4]
The commission was originally established as the Central Leading Group for Cybersecurity and Informatization, also called the Cyberspace Affairs Leading Group. 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.[5] 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.[6]
In March 2018, the leading group was transformed into a commission, called the Central Cybersecurity and Informatization Commission, also called the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission (CCAC).[7] According to the South China Morning Post, Cai Qi succeeded Xi as the head of the commission in early 2023.[8]