 In a November 2015 interview with the People’s Daily, the Communist Party’s flagship newspaper, unnamed studio members said they are young professionals based on Fuxing Road, with backgrounds spanning broadcast media, international politics and philosophy, and interacted with foreigners in the course of their work.In May 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported that Studio on Fuxing Road is part of the Chinese Communist Party’s International Department, which handles the party’s foreign relations and public diplomacy, and is based on Fuxing Road in Beijing.The Wall Street Journal reported that the International Department’s Information Bureau wields editorial control over the studio, which selects themes for its videos and hires external contractors to help produce them.