Xiyuan, as well as Jiangnan Social University. China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations The Ministry of State Security operates the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR, pronounced ), an academic think tank on international affairs. Located in Beijing, its leaders, according to David Shambaugh "all share lengthy and shadowy careers in the intelligence services." CICIR was the eighth bureau of the former Central Investigation Department (CID) of the Central Committee, but became the eleventh bureau of the MSS when the CID was merged with the counter-intelligence department of the Ministry of Public Security to form the new Ministry of State Security in 1983. Although the Chinese government has not publicly acknowledged CICIR's connection to the MSS, numerous press reports, scholars, and think tanks within and without China have detailed the relationship between the two organizations. The institute is managed by the MSS, and overseen by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. The organization itself does not speak much about its relationship with the Chinese government; however, and Chinese media reports rarely acknowledge the institution's ties with the regime. See also National Security Commission of the Chinese Communist Party Ministry of Public Security (China) Chinese intelligence activity abroad National Intelligence Law of the People's Republic of China National Security Law of the People's Republic of China References Further reading - FBIS-CHI-97-047 (1 March 1997) External links Chinese intelligence agencies State security Law enforcement agencies of China Law enforcement in China National security institutions China 1983 establishments in China Secret police Law enforcement in communist states Technology transfer Cyberwarfare by China