The spokesman of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party recently talked about the eight functions of this Party department: (1) directing the propaganda of Marxism; (2) guiding public opinion; (3) directing the production of culture products; (4) planning overall ideological and political work; (5) managing leadership personnel in the propaganda area; (6) creating propaganda policies and coordinating propaganda organizations; (7) providing public opinion intelligence to Party leadership; (8) leading cultural system reform, including the publication and broadcasting industries.
Source: Xinhua, June 30, 2010
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