The Central Organization and Propaganda Leading Group () was an agency under the

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that existed during the

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. The COPLG was officially established in 1970 by decision of the

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as a body "under the leadership of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee", whose jurisdiction included the CCP Organization Department, the Central Party School, the ''

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'', the '' Red Flag'' magazine, the

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, the ''

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'', the Central Broadcasting Administration and the CPC Bureau for the Translation of Marx–Engels–Lenin–Stalin Works. In addition to those bodies, which continued to have their own leadership structures, the COPLG controlled directly the CCP Propaganda Department, the Political Studies Office and the May 7 Cadre Schools. The COPLG included

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as group leader, and

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, Ji Dengkui and Li Desheng as group members.

References

* ''Decision of the CPC Central Committee On the Establishment of the Central Organization and Propaganda Leading Group'', Document No. 60 (1970), CPC Central Committee Literature Research Centre (ed.), ''Selected Documents of the "Cultural Revolution" Decade'' (). {{Cultural Revolution Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Organizations in Cultural Revolution 1970 establishments in China

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