Leader of the Chinese Communist Party

Chinese unique ruling party top official

Leader of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

Simplified Chinese| 中共中央主要负责人
Traditional Chinese| 中共中央主要負責人
Literal meaning| CPC Central Committee primary responsible person
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Zhōnggòng Zhōngyāng Zhǔyào Fùzérén

Politics of China

Leadership

Leadership generations
Succession of power

* Hu–Wen Administration (2002-2012)
* Xi–Li Administration (2012-2017)
* Xi's general secretaryship (since 2012)
* 4th Leadership Core: Xi Jinping
* 20th Party Politburo: Xi Jinping
* 14th State Council: Li Qiang
* Current state leaders
* Current provincial leaders

Party and state leaders
Orders of precedence

* Paramount leader: Xi Jinping

First lady: Peng Liyuan

* Communist Party leader: Xi Jinping
* State representative: Xi Jinping
* Head of government: Li Qiang
* Congress Chairman: Zhao Leji
* Conference Chairman: Wang Huning
* Commander-in-chief: Xi Jinping
* Politburo Standing Committee longest-serving members

Related systems

* Unified power
* Democratic centralism
* Collective leadership
* Organization Department
* Elections
* Civil service

* Constitution
* Law

* Constitution

Previous constitutions

* 1954
* 1975
* 1978

* "People's democratic dictatorship" (Article 1)

* Democratic centralism (Article 3)
* Constitutional oath of office (Article 27)
* Protection of human rights (Article 33)
* Freedom of religion (Article 36)
* Highest state organ of power (Article 57)

* * *

* Chinese legal system
* Civil law tradition
* Socialist law tradition
* Laws
* Legislation Law
* List of statutes

* * *

* General Principles of the Civil Law (to 2020)
* Civil Code (from 2021)
* Marriage Law
* Labour law
* Labour Law
* Labour Contract Law
* Property law
* Property Law
* Intellectual property law
* Patent law

* * *

* Administrative law
* Administrative Procedure Law

* * *

* Criminal law
* Capital punishment
* Capital offences
* Death sentence with reprieve

Communist Party

History

* Principal leaders

Constitution and ideology

*     * Admission Oath (Article 6)
* Socialism with Chinese characteristics

* Communism
* Marxism–Leninism
* Mao Zedong Thought
* Deng Xiaoping Theory

Primary stage of socialism
Four Cardinal Principles
* Three Represents
* Scientific Outlook on Development

Harmonious Socialist Society

* Xi Jinping Thought

Chinese Dream
* Democracy
* Whole-process people's democracy

Organization

*     * National Party Congress (20th)
* Central Committee (20th)

General Secretary (list)

Xi Jinping
* Central Politburo (20th)

Standing Committee (20th)

* Central Secretariat (20th)
* First-ranked secretary: Cai Qi
* Central Military Commission

Chairman: Xi Jinping

Vice Chairmen:

Zhang Youxia, He Weidong
* National Security Commission

Chairman: Xi Jinping

Vice-Chairman:

Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Cai Qi

Office Chief: Cai Qi

* Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission

Director: Xi Jinping

Deputy Directors:

Li Qiang, Wang Huning, Cai Qi

Secretary-General: Wang Huning

* Financial & Economic Affairs Commission

Director: Xi Jinping

Deputy Director: Li Qiang

Office Chief: He Lifeng

* General Office

Director: Cai Qi
* Office of the General Secretary

Director: Han Shiming
* Central Guard Bureau
* Central Guard Unit
* Office of the Central Secrecy Commission
* Organization Department

Head: Shi Taifeng
* Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (20th)
* Standing Committee (20th)

Secretary: Li Xi
* Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission

Secretary: Zhang Shengmin
* Central Leading Group for Inspection Work

Leader: Li Xi

* * *

* Provincial committee
* Standing committee

Secretary
Deputy secretaries
* Party group

National People's Congress (14th)

* Elections
* Democracy
* System of people's congress
* Standing Committee (14th)
* Council of Chairpersons

Chairman: Zhao Leji

Vice-Chairpersons

Top-ranked: Li Hongzhong
Secretary-General: Liu Qi
* Special Committees
1. Ethnic Affairs
2. Constitution and Law
3. Supervisory and Judicial Affairs
4. Financial and Economic Affairs
5. Education, Science, Culture and Public Health
6. Foreign Affairs
7. Overseas Chinese Affairs
8. Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation
9. Agriculture and Rural Affairs
10. Social Development Affairs
* Presidium

State representative

*     * President (list): Xi Jinping

* Presidential Office

Chief: Han Shiming
* Vice President: Han Zheng

Executive organ

*     * State Council (Central People's Government)
* Li Qiang Cabinet

Premier (list): Li Qiang

Vice-Premiers (list)

* Ding Xuexiang
* He Lifeng
* Zhang Guoqing
* Liu Guozhong

State Councilors

* Wang Xiaohong
* Wu Zhenglong
* Shen Yiqin

Secretary-General: Wu Zhenglong

* Cabinet-level departments
* National Development & Reform Commission
* Central bank
* National Audit Office
* General Office

Secretary-General
Deputy Secretaries-General
* State-owned Assets Supervision & Administration Commission
* most Central Enterprises

Military organ

*     * Central Military Commission (CMC)

Chairman (supreme commander):

Xi Jinping
Vice Chairmen:

* Zhang Youxia
* He Weidong

Members:

* Liu Zhenli
* Miao Hua
* Zhang Shengmin

Departments:
1. General Office

Director: Zhong Shaojun
2. Joint Staff Dept.

Chief: Liu Zhenli
3. Political Work Dept.

Director: Miao Hua
4. Logistic Support Dept.

Director: Zhang Lin
5. Equipment Development Dept.

Director: Xu Xueqiang
6. Training and Administration Dept.

Director: Wang Peng
7. National Defense Mobilization Dept.

Director: Liu Faqing
8. Discipline Inspection Commission

Secretary: Zhang Shengmin
9. Politics and Legal Affairs Commission
10. Science and Technology Commission
11. Strategic Planning Office
12. Reform & Organizational Structure Office
13. Int'l Military Cooperation Office
14. Audit Office
15. Offices Administration Agency
National armed forces:

People's Liberation Army

Theater commands
People's Armed Police

1st Mobile Contingent
2nd Mobile Contingent
China Coast Guard
Militia
* State Council

National Defense Mobilization Commission

Chairman: Li Qiang

Ministry of National Defense

Minister: Dong Jun

Ministry of Veterans Affairs
State Administration for Sci., Tech. & Industry for National Defense

Military history
* Armed conflicts
* Military modernization
* Military reform since 2015
* CMC Leading Group for Military Reform

Leader: Xi Jinping

Supervisory organ

*     * National Supervisory Commission

Director: Liu Jinguo

* * *

* Corruption in China
* Anti-corruption campaign since 2012

* * *

* Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong)

* * *

* Commission Against Corruption (Macau)

Judicial organs

*     * Supreme People's Court

President: Zhang Jun

People's Courts Judicial Police
* Supreme People's Procuratorate

Procurator-General: Ying Yong

People's Procuratorates Judicial Police

* * *

* Judiciary of Hong Kong
* Court of Final Appeal
* Department of Justice
* Prosecutions Division
* Law enforcement in Hong Kong
* Disciplined Services
* Security Bureau
* Hong Kong Police Force

* * *

* Judiciary of Macau
* Court of Final Appeal
* Public Prosecutions Office
* Secretariat for Security
* Macau Security Force
* Unitary Police Services [zh]
* Public Security Police
* Judiciary Police [zh]

United front

* System of multi-party cooperation and political consultation
* Political Consultative Conference
* National Committee (14th)

Chairman: Wang Huning

Vice-Chairpersons

Top-ranked: Shi Taifeng
Secretary-General: Wang Dongfeng
* Political parties:

CCP (ruling)

United Front Work Department

Head: Li Ganjie
Democratic parties

* RCCK
* CDL
* CNDCA
* CAPD
* CPWDP
* CZGP
* JS
* TDSL

Historical parties:

* KMT
* CDSP
* YCP

* Federation of Industry and Commerce
* People's organizations

* Law enforcement

* CCP Central Politics and Law Commission

Secretary: Chen Wenqing

* Enforced disappearance
* Ministry of Public Security

Minister: Wang Xiaohong

Public Security Organs People's Police
* State Immigration Administration
* Local public security bureaus
* Ministry of State Security

Minister: Chen Yixin

State Security Organs People's Police
* Ministry of Justice

Minister: He Rong

Judicial Administrative Organs People's Police
People's Armed Police

1st Mobile Contingent
2nd Mobile Contingent
China Coast Guard
* Bureau of Prison Administration [zh]
* Office for Safeguarding National Security

* * *

* Urban Management (chengguan)

Propaganda

* Central Leading Group for Propaganda, Ideology and Culture

Leader: Cai Qi

Deputy Leaders: Li Shulei, Shen Yiqin

* Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization

Director: Cai Qi

Deputy Director: Li Shulei

* Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party

Head: Li Shulei

* General Administration of Press and Publication
* China Film Administration
* State Council Information Office
* China Daily
* Ministry of Culture and Tourism
* National Radio and Television Administration
* China Media Group
* China Central Television
* China Global Television Network
* China National Radio
* China Radio International
* Xinhua News Agency
* Reference News
* China News Service
* People's Daily
* Global Times
* China Today

* * *

* Censorship in China
* Great Cannon
* Great Firewall
* Overseas censorship
* Radio jamming
* Media of China
* Internal media
* International communication centers
* Publishing industry in China

* * *

* Internet in China
* Internet censorship
* Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission

Director: Cai Qi

* Cyberspace Administration of China

Director: Zhuang Rongwen

* Hong Kong
* Macau

* Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and Macau Affairs

Leader: Ding Xuexiang
* HK & Macau Affairs Office

Director: Xia Baolong
* Hong Kong Liaison Office
* Macau Liaison Office
* One country, two systems
* Special administrative regions

* * *

* Hong Kong Basic Law
* Chief Executive: John Lee Ka-chiu
* Hong Kong SAR Government
* Politics of Hong Kong
* Pro-Beijing camp
* Pro-democracy camp
* Independence movement
* Mainland & HK CEPA

* * *

* Macao Basic Law
* Chief Executive: Ho Iat-seng
* Macau SAR Government
* Politics of Macau
* Mainland & Macau CEPA

Cross-strait relations

* Cross-strait relations
* Chinese Civil War
* One China
* Political status of Taiwan
* Republic of China on Taiwan
* Taiwan Area
* "Taiwan Province", PRC
* Taiwan independence movement
* Anti-Secession Law
* Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement
* Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement
* Chinese unification

* * *

* Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs

Leader: Xi Jinping
Deputy Leader: Wang Huning
* Taiwan Affairs Office

Director: Song Tao
* Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits

Foreign relations

* Central Foreign Affairs Commission

Director: Xi Jinping
Deputy Director: Li Qiang
Secretary-General: Wang Yi
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister: Wang Yi
Spokespersons
Diplomatic missions

* * *

* Diplomatic missions of China / in China

* * *

* Foreign aid from China / to China
* International Development Cooperation Agency
* Ministry of Commerce
* Exim Bank of China
* China Development Bank
* Belt and Road Initiative
* Silk Road Fund
* Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
* BRICS
* New Development Bank

* * *

* Ministry of National Defense
* International Military Cooperation Office

* * *

* NPC Foreign Affairs Committee
* CCP International Department
* State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs
* Overseas Chinese Affairs Office

* * *

* Chinese nationality law
* Chinese passports (Hong Kong; Macau)
* Visa requirements for Chinese citizens (Hong Kong, Macau)
* Visa policy of China (Hong Kong; Macau)
* National Immigration Administration

* * *

* Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
* Panda diplomacy
* Beijing Consensus
* Community of Common Destiny

* * *

* China and the United Nations
* China and the World Trade Organization
* Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

* * *

* China–Africa relations
* China–Arab relations
* China–Caribbean relations
* China–European Union relations
* China–Latin America relations
* China–Pacific relations
* China–Russia relations
* China–United States relations

Related topics

* Administrative divisions
* Chinese information operations
* Ethnic minorities
* Family planning
* Hukou system
* Human rights in China
* Chinese intelligence activity abroad

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The leader of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the highest-ranking official and head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Since 1982, the General Secretary of the Central Committee is considered the party's leader. Since its formation in 1921, the leader's post has been titled as Secretary of the Central Bureau (1921-1922), Chairman (1922-1925, 1928-1931, and 1943-1982), and General Secretary (1925-1928, 1931-1943, and 1982 onwards).

By custom the party leader has either been elected by the CCP Central Committee or the Central Politburo.[1] There were several name changes until Mao Zedong finally formalized the office of Chairman of the Central Committee in 1945.[1] Since 1982, the CCP National Congress and its 1st CC Plenary Session has been the main institutional setting in which the CCP leadership are elected.[1] From 1992 onwards, every party leader has been elected by a 1st CC Plenary Session. In the period 1928–45 the CCP leader was elected by conference, meetings of the Central Committee or by decisions of the Politburo.[1] The last exception to this rule is Jiang Zemin, who was elected at the 4th Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee in the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.[2] Currently, to be nominated for the office of general secretary, one has to be a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, the top decision body.[3]

Despite breaching the Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party, several individuals (who are not included in the list) have been de facto leaders of the CCP without holding formal positions of power.[4] Wang Ming was briefly in charge in 1931 after Xiang Zhongfa was jailed by Kuomintang forces, while Li Lisan is considered to have been the real person in-charge for most of Xiang's tenure.[4] Mao was reckoned as the CCP's actual leader from the Long March onward before formally becoming Chairman in 1943.

Beginning in the 1980s, the CCP leadership desired to prevent a single leader from rising above the party, as Chairman Mao had done. Accordingly, the post of CCP Chairman was abolished in 1982. Most of its functions were transferred to the revived post of General Secretary.[5] Deng Xiaoping is the last and only CCP official to become de facto leader of the CCP and paramount leader of China despite having never served as chairman or general secretary. His highest post was Chairman of the Central Military Commission (commander-in-chief).[6]

## Terminology

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The CCP constitution refers to "leaders" of the party generally, but does not specify a particular office holder as the highest ranking official of the party. Under the current party constitution, the General Secretary exercises leadership and authority over the party by nature of their duty to convene meetings of the politburo and its standing committee and their duty to preside over the work of the party's secretariat.

In recent years, western media's reference to the Leader of the CCP generally means the General Secretary, highest ranking party official exercising formal authority over political affairs of the party and by extension over the political affairs of the Chinese state. Since the early 1990s, a single person has occupied (or been designated to later occupy) the top party office and the top state office. However at various times prior, different persons occupied those offices, and a third person holding neither of those offices may have been widely recognized as the leader with ultimate convening and decision-making power.

Referring to the person with ultimate political authority in China as top leader of the People's Republic of China (or paramount leader in some translation) became routine during the era of Deng Xiaoping (1978–1989), when he unquestionably wielded political power without holding any of the top state, government or party positions at any given time. In recent years the term CPC Central Committee primary responsible person  has emerged as the state media's term of art when referring to the role of the party leader.

## Leader offices

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Title  | Existence  | Established  | Office Holders & Notes

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Secretary of the Central Bureau  | 1921–1922  | 1st National Congress | Chen Duxiu (1921–27)
Qu Qiubai (defacto 1927-28)
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee  | 1922–1925  | 2nd National Congress
General Secretary of the Central Committee  | 1925–1928  | 4th National Congress
Chairman of the Politburo & Poliburo Standing Committee
(continued to be referred to as the General Secretary in practice) | 1928–1931  | 6th National Congress | Xiang Zhongfa (1928–30)
Qu Qiubai (de facto 1930-31)
General Secretary of the Central Committee  | 1931–1943  | 6th Central Committee
(5th Plenary Session)  | Wang Ming (acting 1931)
Bo Gu (acting 1931-34, formal 1934-35)
Zhang Wentian (1935–45)
Chairman of the Central Politburo  | 1943–1945  | Politburo resolution  | Mao Zedong
Chairman of the Central Committee  | 1945–1982  | 7th National Congress | Mao Zedong (1945–76)
Hua Guofeng (1976-81)
Hu Yaobang (1981–82)
General Secretary of the Central Committee  | 1982–present  | 12th National Congress | Hu Yaobang (1982–87)
Zhao Ziyang (1987-89)
Jiang Zemin (1989-2002)
Hu Jintao (2002-12)
Xi Jinping (2012–present)

## Leaders

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Leader  | Term  | Key offices held while leader
(top party post in bold)

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| Portrait  | Name
(birth–death) | Start  | End  | Tenure  | Central Committee
1  |  | Chen Duxiu
陈独秀
(1879–1942)  | 23 July 1921  | 7 August 1927[a] | 6 years and 15 days  | 1st (1921–22)
2nd (1922–23)
3rd (1923–25)
4th (1925–27)
5th (1927–1928)  | Secretary of the Central Bureau (1921–22)
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee (1922–25)
General Secretary of the Central Committee (1925–27)
|  | de facto
Qu Qiubai
瞿秋白
(1899–1935)  | 7 August 1927 | 19 July 1928 | 11 months and 12 days  | 5th (1927–28)  | (Convening) Member of the Provisional Politburo Standing Committee
2  |  | Xiang Zhongfa
向忠发
(1879–1931)  | 1 July 1928 | 24 June 1931[b] | 2 years and 358 days  | 6th (1928–45)  | Chairman, Central Politburo
Chairman of the Central Politburo Standing Committee

Leader in name only, formal authorities exercised by others at various times.
|  | Acting
Wang Ming

(1904-1974)  | June 1931 | 15 September 1931 | 83 days  | 6th (1928–45)  | (Convening) Member of the Politburo Standing Committee
Head of the Chinese delegation to the Communist International

De facto leader as early as January 1931
3  |  | Bo Gu

(1907–1946)  | September 1931[c] | 17 January 1935  | 3 years, 4 months  | 6th (1928–45)  | Acting as the leading Member of the Politburo Standing Committee (1931–34)
General Secretary of the Central Committee (1934–35)
4  |  | Zhang Wentian
张闻天
(1900–1976)  | 17 January 1935  | 20 March 1943  | 8 years and 62 days  | 6th (1928–45)  | General Secretary of the Central Committee

As of September 1938 (6th Plenary) all political authority shifted to Mao and Zhang remained Leader in name only. In March 1943 the office of Chairman of the Central Politburo formally replaced General Secretary as the office of the party leader.
5  |  | Mao Zedong
毛泽东
(1893–1976)  | 20 March 1943  | 9 September 1976  | 33 years and 173 days  | 6th (1928–45)
7th (1945–56)
8th (1956–69)
9th (1969–73)
10th (1973–77)  | Chairman, Central Politburo
Chairman, Central Committee
Chairman, Central Military Commission
President, Central Party School
Chairman, People's Republic of China
Chairman, CPPCC National Committee
Chairman, Central People's Revolutionary Military Commission
Honorary Chairman, CPPCC National Committee
President and Chairman, National Defence Council
6  |  | Hua Guofeng
华国锋
(1921–2008)  | 7 October 1976  | 28 June 1981  | 4 years and 264 days  | 11th (1977–82)  | Chairman, Central Committee
Premier, State Council
Chairman, Central Military Commission
President, Central Party School
7  |  | Hu Yaobang
胡耀邦
(1915–1989)  | 29 June 1981  | 15 January 1987  | 5 years and 200 days  | 11th (1977–82)
12th (1982–87)  | Chairman, Central Committee (1981–82)
Secretary General, Central Secretariat (1982–87)
8  |  | Zhao Ziyang
赵紫阳
(1919–2005)  | 15 January 1987  | 24 June 1989  | 2 years and 159 days  | 12th (1982–87)
13th (1987–92)  | General Secretary of the Central Committee
Chairman, Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs
Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission
9  |  | Jiang Zemin
江泽民
(1926–2022)  | 24 June 1989  | 15 November 2002  | 13 years and 144 days  | 13th (1987–92)
14th (1992–97)
15th (1997–2002)  | General Secretary of the Central Committee
Chairman, Central Military Commission
President of the People's Republic of China
Leader, Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs
Leader, Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs
Leader, Central Foreign Affairs Leading
10  |  | Hu Jintao
胡锦涛
(born 1942)  | 15 November 2002  | 15 November 2012  | 10 years  | 16th (2002–07)
17th (2007–12)  | General Secretary of the Central Committee
President of the People's Republic of China
Chairman, Central Military Commission
Leader, Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs
Leader, Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs
Leader, Central Foreign Affairs Leading Group
11  |  | Xi Jinping
习近平
(born 1953)  | 15 November 2012  | Incumbent  | 12 years and 275 days  | 18th (2012–17)
19th (2017–22)
20th (2022–27)  | General Secretary of the Central Committee
Chairman, Central Military Commission
President of the People's Republic of China
Leader, Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs
Director, Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission
Director, Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission
Chairman, National Security Commission
Director, Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission|Leader, Central Leading Group for Military Reform

### Timeline

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## See also

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* Party and state leaders
* Leadership core
* Orders of precedence in China
* List of leaders of the People's Republic of China

## Notes

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1. ^ Resigned July 1927, formally removed from office 7 August 1927.
2. ^ Date executed by the Nationalist force.
3. ^ Acting until 15 January 1934

## References

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### Citations

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1. ^ a b c d Wu 2015, p. 10.
2. ^ Wang 2012, p. 12.
3. ^ 19th National Congress (2017). Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party. p. 18.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
4. ^ a b Wu 2015, pp. 10–11.
5. ^ "China - Constitution, Government, Politics". Britannica. "The decision to redefine the position was part of the effort to reduce the chances of any one leader's again rising to a position above the party, as Mao had done. China's government still has a chairmanship, but the office has only limited power and is largely ceremonial."
6. ^ Wu 2015, p. 11.

### Sources

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General references

References for when individuals were elected to the CCP leadership offices, the name of the offices and when they established and were abolished are found below:

* Wang, Gungwu (2012). China: Development and Governance. World Scientific Publishing Company. pp. 12–13\. ISBN 978-9814425841.
* 19th National Congress (2017). Constitution of the Communist Party of China Communist Party of China.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Articles and journal entries

* Dittmer, Lowell (March 1983). "The 12th Congress of the Communist Party of China". The China Quarterly. 93 (93). Cambridge University Press on behalf of the School of Oriental and African Studies: 108–124\. doi:10.1017/S0305741000016192. JSTOR 653335. S2CID 154772668.

Books

* Wu, Guoguang (2015). China's Party Congress: Power, Legitimacy, and Institutional Manipulation. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139976800. ISBN 978-1-107-08202-1.

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Chinese Communist Party

Central Committee|

| Leader|

* Chen Duxiu (1921–1927)
* Xiang Zhongfa (1928–1931)
* Bo Gu (1931–1935)
* Zhang Wentian (1935–1943)
* Mao Zedong (1943–1976)
* Hua Guofeng (1976–1981)
* Hu Yaobang (1981–1987)
* Zhao Ziyang (1987–1989)
* Jiang Zemin (1989–2002)
* Hu Jintao (2002–2012)
* Xi Jinping (2012–present)

|

Decision-making bodies|

* General Secretary
* Politburo (Standing Committee)
* Secretariat
* Central Military Commission

Departments|

1. Organization Department
2. Publicity Department
3. United Front Work Department
4. International Department
5. Society Work Department
6. Political and Legal Affairs Commission

Directly administered|

* General Office
* Office of the General Secretary
* Central Guard Bureau
* Central Guard Unit
* Secrecy Office
* Cryptography Office
* Central Archives
* Policy Research Office

Commissions
for co-ordination|

* Auditing
* Comprehensively Deepening Reforms
* Office
* Comprehensive Law-based Governance
* Financial
* Office
* Financial and Economic Affairs
* Office
* Foreign Affairs
* Office
* Cyberspace Affairs
* Office
* Integrated Military and Civilian Development
* Office
* National Security
* Office
* Science and Technology
* Spiritual Civilization
* Institutional Organization
* Office
* Secrecy
* Office
* Health
* Party and State Merit and Honor Commendation
* Air Traffic Management

Dispatched institutions
for co-ordination|

* Working Committee of Central and State Organs
* Central Financial Work Commission
* Hong Kong Work Committee
* Macau Work Committee
* Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong

Leading groups|

* Cryptography Work
* Office
* Education
* Rural Work
* Inspection Work
* Military Reform
* Propaganda, Ideology and Culture
* Party Building
* United Front Work
* Xinjiang
* Tibet
* Taiwan
* Office
* Hong Kong and Macau
* Office

Others|

* Central Party School
* Chinese Academy of Governance
* Institute of Party History and Literature
* People's Daily
* Qiushi
* Guangming Daily
* Executive Leadership Academies
* Pudong
* Yan'an
* Jinggangshan

National Congress|

* 1st (1921)
* 2nd (1922)
* 3rd (1923)
* 4th (1925)
* 5th (1927)
* 6th (1928)
* 7th (1945)
* 8th (1956)
* 9th (1969)
* 10th (1973)
* 11th (1977)
* 12th (1982)
* 13th (1987)
* 14th (1992)
* 15th (1997)
* 16th (2002)
* 17th (2007)
* 18th (2012)
* 19th (2017)
* 20th (2022)

Leadership sittings|

| Elected by the
Central Committee|

| Politburo Standing Committee|

* 4th: 1927
* 5th: 1927–1928
* 6th: 1928–1945
* 7th: 1945–1956
* 8th: 1956–1969
* 9th: 1969–1973
* 10th: 1973–1977
* 11th: 1977–1982
* 12th: 1982–1987
* 13th: 1987–1992
* 14th: 1992–1997
* 15th: 1997–2002
* 16th: 2002–2007
* 17th: 2007–2012
* 18th: 2012–2017
* 19th: 2017–2022
* 20th: 2022–2027

|

Politburo|

* 3rd: 1923–1925
* 4th: 1925–1927
* 5th: 1927–1928
* 6th: 1928–1945
* 7th: 1945–1956
* 8th: 1956–1969
* 9th: 1969–1973
* 10th: 1973–1977
* 11th: 1977–1982
* 12th: 1982–1987
* 13th: 1987–1992
* 14th: 1992–1997
* 15th: 1997–2002
* 16th: 2002–2007
* 17th: 2007–2012
* 18th: 2012–2017
* 19th: 2017–2022
* 20th: 2022–2027

Military Commission|

* 7th: 1945–1949 & 1954–1956
* 8th: 1956–1969
* 9th: 1969–1973
* 10th: 1973–1977
* 11th: 1977–1982
* 12th: 1982–1987
* 13th: 1987–1992
* 14th: 1992–1997
* 15th: 1997–2002
* 16th: 2002–2007
* 17th: 2007–2012
* 18th: 2012–2017
* 19th: 2017–2022
* 20th: 2022–2027

Approved by the
Central Committee|

| Secretariat|

* 8th: 1956–1969
* 11th: 1980–1982
* 12th: 1982–1987
* 13th: 1987–1992
* 14th: 1992–1997
* 15th: 1997–2002
* 16th: 2002–2007
* 17th: 2007–2012
* 18th: 2012–2017
* 19th: 2017–2022
* 20th: 2022–2027

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CCDI Standing Committee|

* 7th 1949–1956
* 8th: 1956–1969
* 11th: 1978–1982
* 12th: 1982–1987
* 13th: 1987–1992
* 14th: 1992–1997
* 15th: 1997–2002
* 16th: 2002–2007
* 17th: 2007–2012
* 18th: 2012–2017
* 19th: 2017–2022
* 20th: 2022–2027

CCDI Secretary|

* Zhu De (1949–55)
* Dong Biwu (1955–68)
* Chen Yun (1978–87)
* Qiao Shi (1987–92)
* Wei Jianxing (1992–2002)
* Wu Guanzheng (2002–07)
* He Guoqiang (2007–12)
* Wang Qishan (2012–17)
* Zhao Leji (2017–22)
* Li Xi (2022–)

Others|

* Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
* Secretary General of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

Elected by
National Congress|

| Central Committee|

* 1st: 1921–1922
* 2nd: 1922–1923
* 3rd: 1923–1925
* 4th: 1925–1927
* 5th: 1927–1928
* 6th: 1928–1945 (Members
* Alternates)
* 7th: 1945–1956 (Members
* Alternates)
* 8th: 1956–1969 (Members
* Alternates)
* 9th: 1969–1973 (Members
* Alternates)
* 10th: 1973–1977 (Members
* Alternates)
* 11th: 1977–1982
* 12th: 1982–1987
* 13th: 1987–1992
* 14th: 1992–1997
* 15th: 1997–2002
* 16th: 2002–2007
* 17th: 2007–2012
* 18th: 2012–2017
* 19th: 2017–2022
* 20th: 2022–2027

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Discipline Inspection|

* 5th: 1927–1928
* 6th: 1928–1933 & 1933–1945
* 7th: 1949–1955 & 1955–1956
* 8th: 1956–1969
* 11th: 1978–1982
* 12th: 1982–1987
* 13th: 1987–1992
* 14th: 1992–1997
* 15th: 1997–2022
* 16th: 2002–2007
* 17th: 2007–2012
* 18th: 2012–2017
* 19th: 2017–2022
* 20th: 2022–2027

Wider organisation|

* Constitution
* People's Liberation Army
* People's Armed Police
* Militia (China)
* Communist Youth League of China
* Central Committee
* Young Pioneers of China
* United front (China)
* People's organization
* Newspapers and journals

Ideologies|

* Marxism–Leninism
* Mao Zedong Thought
* Socialism with Chinese characteristics
* Path
* Theoretical system
* System
* Culture
* Deng Xiaoping Theory
* Three Represents
* Scientific Outlook on Development
* Xi Jinping Thought

Groupings|

* Shanghai clique
* Tuanpai
* Tsinghua clique
* Eight Elders
* Princelings
* Xi Jinping faction
* Xishan Society
* Gang of Four
* 28 Bolsheviks

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* Longest-serving members of the Politburo Standing Committee
* Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party

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