China International Communications Group (CICG) is a foreign-language publishing and communications organization headquartered in Beijing, and owned and operated by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).[1] Established in October 1949 as the China International Publishing Group, it has developed into a global media corporation.[2]
Organization
CICG owns seven subordinate publishing houses, i.e. Foreign Languages Press, New World Press, Morning Glory Publishers, Sinolingua, China Pictorial Publishing House, Dolphin Books, and New Star Publishers.[3] The organization annually publishes over 3,000 titles of books and around 50 journals in more than 10 languages.[4] Notable periodicals include Beijing Review