State Cryptography Administration

State Cryptography Administration

国家密码管理局
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Agency overview
Formed	March 25, 2005
Jurisdiction	China
Headquarters	7 Dianchang Road, Fengtai District, Beijing
Agency executive	Liu Dongfang, Director
Parent agency	Central Cryptography Leading Group
Website	www.sca.gov.cn

State Cryptography Administration
Simplified Chinese	国家密码管理局
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guójiā Mìmǎ Guǎnlǐ Jú
Office of the Central Leading Group for Cryptography
Simplified Chinese	中央密码工作领导小组办公室
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngyāng Mìmǎ Gōngzuò Lǐngdǎo Xiǎozǔ Bàngōngshì

The State Cryptography Administration (SCA) is a national bureau of the State Council of China that is responsible for cryptography. It is under the Chinese Communist Party's Central Cryptography Leading Group.

Under the "one institution with two names" arrangement, it is also the Office of the Central Cryptography Leading Group under the General Office of the CCP Central Committee.