Paramount leader is an informal term for the most important political figure in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The paramount leader typically controls the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA),often holding the titles of CCP General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC). The state representative (president) or head of government (premier) are not necessarily paramount leader—under China's party-state system,CCP roles are politically more important than state titles.
Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC),and thus the paramount leader of China,since 2012. Xi has also been the president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 2013. As a member of the fifth generation of Chinese leadership,Xi is the first CCP general secretary born after the establishment of the PRC.
Liu Yunshan is a retired Chinese politician. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party,the top decision-making body of the CCP,between 2012 and 2017;he was broadly tasked with the work of the party's secretariat,overseeing propaganda and ideological indoctrination,as well as party organization,in addition to serving as President of the Central Party School.
Tik Chi-yuen is a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and of North District Council. He is a registered social worker and chairman of the small centrist Third Side party,which he co-founded in 2015,after quitting the Democratic Party,of which he was also a co-founder.
The Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission is a commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in charge of leading and supervising economic work of both the CCP Central Committee and the State Council. The Commission is generally headed by CCP General Secretary or Premier of the State Council.
Chen Xi is a Chinese politician currently serving as the president of the Central Party School. Between 2017 and 2022,Chen was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and a secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party,serving as the head of the party's Organization Department. A graduate from Tsinghua University,Chen served as the party secretary of the institution from 2002 to 2008. Thereafter he served as a vice-minister of education and vice chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology.
The Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission (CCDR),also translated as the Central Commission for Deepening Reform,is a policy formulation and implementation body of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in charge of "Comprehensively Deepening Reforms". These reforms are intended to be even more far-reaching than the previous round of comprehensive Chinese economic reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping.
The New Zhijiang Army,also known as the Xi Jinping faction,is a term used by observers to represent political figures in the Chinese Communist Party who are closely related to CCP general secretary Xi Jinping,most prominently those who held important provincial and local posts during Xi Jinping's term as Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang province. The "new army" refers to people who were closely associated with Xi and identify with his political views,and who have since then taken on prominent political posts at the provincial level or in central party and state organs.
Huang Kunming is a Chinese politician,currently serving as the Communist Party secretary of Guangdong and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. Until 2022,he served as the head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party. He joined the Publicity Department in 2014 as a deputy head. Prior to his appointment he served in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces,and is considered a close associate of Xi Jinping,the current general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. He was the one time Communist Party secretary of Hangzhou.
Zhong Shaojun is a long-time political aide of Xi Jinping,currently the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC). Zhong served on Xi's staff beginning in Zhejiang province,then followed him to Shanghai,and then Beijing. Zhong currently serves as the director of Xi Jinping’s Office and director of the General Office of the Central Military Commission. He holds the military rank of Lieutenant general in 2019.
Li Shulei is a Chinese politician who is the current head of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. Previously,he served as the executive vice president of the Central Party School and the deputy executive head of the Publicity Department. Li spent most of his career in academia,before being dispatched for a short stint as head of the propaganda department in Fujian,then as head of discipline inspection in Beijing. He is an important advisor to CCP general secretary and paramount leader Xi Jinping.
Ding Xuexiang is a Chinese politician who is currently the first vice premier of the People's Republic of China and the sixth-ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He has also been leader of the Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and Macau Affairs since March 2023.
Qi Xin is a Chinese author and member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),who wrote various articles on her husband,Chinese communist revolutionary Xi Zhongxun. She is the mother of Xi Jinping,current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party,also known as the paramount leader.
Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,commonly abbreviated outside China as Xi Jinping Thought,or more recently,Xi'ism is an ideological doctrine created during General Secretary Xi Jinping's leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that combines Chinese Marxism and national rejuvenation. According to the CCP,Xi Jinping Thought "builds on and further enriches" previous party ideologies and has also been called as the "Marxism of contemporary China and of the 21st century". The theory's main elements are summarized in the ten affirmations,the fourteen commitments,and the thirteen areas of achievements.
The Governance of China is a four-volume collection of speeches and writings by Xi Jinping,the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and 6th paramount leader of China. Presenting the official party line for China's development in the 21st century,the collection is an authoritative source on Xi Jinping Thought.
People's Press,commonly known as People's Publishing House,abbreviated as PPH,is a China's state-run comprehensive publishing house based in Beijing,which mainly publishes books on philosophy and social sciences,and is the official publisher of political and ideological books for the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese Government. It is run by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. Its important publications include classic works of Marxism,and works by "Leaders of the Party and State" of the People's Republic of China.
"Two Establishes" (两个确立) and "Two Upholds" (两个维护) are two political slogans established by the Chinese Communist Party to reinforce general secretary Xi Jinping's rule.
The 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),formally the Political Bureau of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CCP on 23 October 2022 in the aftermath of the 20th National Congress. This electoral term was preceded by the 19th Politburo. Seven of the 24 members serve in the 20th Politburo Standing Committee.
The 19th Politburo Standing Committee,formally the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee on 25 October 2017,in the aftermath of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It was preceded by the CCP's 18th Politburo Standing Committee and was succeeded by the 20th in October 2022.
The 18th Politburo Standing Committee,formally the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee on 15 November 2012,in the aftermath of the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It was preceded by the CCP's 17th Politburo Standing Committee and was succeeded by the 19th in 2017.
