The State Council Information Office (SCIO) is the chief information office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China and an external name of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.

In 2014, OEP was absorbed into the Central Propaganda Department, turning SCIO into an external nameplate.

[4] The office was created with the goal of improving the Chinese government's international image following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

[9] In May 2014, with the abolishment of the OEP, the SIIO (renamed in English as the Cyberspace Administration of China) was absorbed into the newly established Central Leading Group for Cybersecurity and Informatization.

[4] Every SCIO director except Zhao Qizheng have also served as deputy heads of the Central Propaganda Department.