The Political Warfare Bureau (GPWB; traditional Chinese: 國防部政治作戰局; simplified Chinese: 国防部政治作战局; pinyin: Guófángbù Zhèngzhì Zuòzhànjú) is the affiliated authority of the Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) that is responsible for all the political warfare affairs of the Republic of China Armed Forces.
Since its establishment in 1924, the Whampoa Military Academy has run a set political work system.
[2][3] On 1 March 2002, the Organizational Ordinance of the General Political Warfare Bureau was put into performance.
[4] In response to increasing Chinese Communist Party (CCP) political warfare campaigns on social media in the late 2010s the Political Warfare Bureau set up a team dedicated to the expeditious handling of false information.
The Bureau uses big data system analysis in its efforts to understand and counter CCP disinformation campaigns in real time.