[Image: Financial Times] China is moving control of censorship and review of its press, publications and film directly under the auspices of the Communist party's propaganda department. The transition, which is emerging in the wake of a major restructuring of the Chinese government under Xi Jinping, will ensure that all control over film, television, press and all literary publications will move from the regulatory SAFFPT to the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda division. The SAFFPT (State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television) of China that acted as a media regulatory body and has overseen Chinese entertainment for a generation, is being eliminated entirely in the place of direct state control. This move comes in the wake of a major restructuring of the Chinese government, with power being increasingly centralised and consolidated under Xi Jinping's rule. It was detailed in an official document produced by the National Development and Reform Commission...
