across the country in consultation with the Central Organization Department. The leadership of the Propaganda Department is selected with guidance from the CCP General Secretary and the Politburo Standing Committee member responsible for the media, while local committees of the Propaganda Department work with lower levels of the party-state hierarchy to transmit content priorities to the media. New departments and offices were set up in 2004 to deal with the growing demands of information control. One, the Bureau of Public Opinion, is in charge of commissioning public opinion surveys and other relevant research. Heads of the Department See also Censorship in China Propaganda in the People's Republic of China Mass media in China Further reading References External links Chinese propaganda organisations Institutions of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party One institution with multiple names