China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

The 11th Bureau of the Ministry of State Security, outwardly known as the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR, KICK-er, Chinese: 中国现代国际关系研究院), under an arrangement called "one institution with two names", is a set of research institutes operated as a front by the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) to influence foreign diplomats and academics and collect open-source intelligence.[2][3] Located in Beijing, CICIR is operated by the "most savvy" senior undercover MSS officers.[2] It is overseen by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[4][5]

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China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

中国现代国际关系研究院 (Chinese)
Abbreviation	CICIR
Formation	1965; 58 years ago (1965)
Type	Government-affiliated foreign policy think tank
Headquarters	Beijing, People's Republic of China
Alternate name	11th Bureau of the Ministry of State Security
President	Yuan Peng (袁鹏)[1]
Parent organization	Ministry of State Security
Affiliations	Chinese Communist Party
Website	www.cicir.ac.cn
Formerly called	China Institute of Contemporary International Relations
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	中国现代国际关系研究院
Traditional Chinese	中國現代國際關係研究院
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Xiàndài Guójì Guānxi Yánjiūyuàn

CICIR has a staff of approximately 400, including 150 senior research fellows. It consists of 15 departments with different regional and functional concentrations, as well as two research divisions focusing on the Korean Peninsula and Central Asia, and eight research centers.[6] CICIR publishes the journal Contemporary International Relations (现代国际关系; Xiàndài guójì guānxì) in both Chinese and English, as well as China Security Studies.[7][8] The institute is authorized to confer master's and doctoral degrees.[8]