Cyberspace Administration of China
| 国家互联网信息办公室 | |
Logo of the Cyberspace Administration of China | |
Logo of the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 5 May 2011 |
| Headquarters | 11 Chegongzhuang Street, Xicheng, Beijing |
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| Parent agency | Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission |
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| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 国家互联网信息办公室 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 國家互聯網信息辦公室 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | State Internet Information Office | ||||||
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| China portal |
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) is the national internet content regulator and censor of the People's Republic of China.
The agency was initially established in 2011 by the State Council as the State Internet Information Office (SIIO), a subgroup of the State Council Information Office. In 2014, the SIIO was renamed in English as the Cyberspace Administration of China, and transformed into the executive arm of the newly established Central Leading Group for Cybersecurity and Informatization of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which was promoted to the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission in 2018. The CAC and the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission are one institution with two names.
The CAC plays a key role in the CCP's control over the Chinese Internet. Its functions include issuing and enforcing rules about online content and regulating cybersecurity, data security, and privacy through rulemaking, administrative licensing and punishment activities. The CAC's current director is Zhuang Rongwen, who concurrently serves as a Deputy Head of the CCP's Publicity Department of the CCP Central Committee.