The Chinese Communist Party (CCP),officially the Communist Party of China (CPC),is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong,the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil War against the Kuomintang. In 1949,Mao proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Since then,the CCP has governed China and has had sole control over the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Successive leaders of the CCP have added their own theories to the party's constitution,which outlines the party's ideology,collectively referred to as socialism with Chinese characteristics. As of 2024,the CCP has more than 99 million members,making it the second largest political party by membership in the world after India's Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC),officially the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,is a committee consisting of the top leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Historically it has been composed of five to eleven members,and currently has seven members. Its officially mandated purpose is to conduct policy discussions and make decisions on major issues when the Politburo,a larger decision-making body,is not in session. According to the party's constitution,the General Secretary of the Central Committee must also be a member of the Politburo Standing Committee.
Hu Jintao is a Chinese retired politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012,the president of China from 2003 to 2013,and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) from 2004 to 2012. He was a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee,China's de facto top decision-making body,from 1992 to 2012. Hu was the fifth paramount leader of China from 2002 to 2012.
The general secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1989,the CCP general secretary has been the paramount leader of the PRC.
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.
The Shanghai clique,also referred to as the Shanghai gang,Jiang clique,or Jiang faction,refers to an informal group of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials who rose to prominence under former CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin while he served as the party chief and mayor of Shanghai.
Generations of Chinese leadership is a term historians use to characterize distinct periods of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and,by extension,successive changes in the ideology of the CCP. Historians have studied various periods in the development of the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) by reference to these "generations".
The People's Republic of China (PRC) became more influential economically in the 1990s and 2000s and was beginning to be widely recognized as an emerging superpower. In 2010,China became the world's second largest economy by nominal GDP and became the largest economy since 2014 measured by GDP PPP surpassing the United States which previously held that position. At the same time,numerous social problems emerged and intensified. As CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin,Congress Chairman Li Peng and Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji,gradually retired from their position of power,"fourth-generation" leaders,led by CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao,faced with increasing social unrest,attempted to steer the country towards a new direction. From the path of focusing solely on economic development,Hu and Wen placed focus on creating an overall balance under the idea of the Scientific Outlook on Development to create a socialist harmonious society.
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 been serving as the seventh president of China 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 People's Republic of China (PRC).
The history of the People's Republic of China details the history of mainland China since 1 October 1949,when CCP chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China (PRC) from atop Tiananmen,after a near complete victory (1949) by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Chinese Civil War. The PRC is the most recent political entity to govern mainland China,preceded by the Republic of China and thousands of years of monarchical dynasties. The paramount leaders have been Mao Zedong (1949–1976);Hua Guofeng (1976–1978);Deng Xiaoping (1978–1989);Jiang Zemin (1989–2002);Hu Jintao (2002–2012);and Xi Jinping.
The 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in Beijing,China,at the Great Hall of the People from 15 to 21 October 2007. Congress marked a significant shift in the political direction of the country as CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao solidified his position of leadership. Hu's signature policy doctrine,the Scientific Development Concept,which aimed to create a "Socialist Harmonious Society" through egalitarian wealth distribution and concern for the country's less well-off,was enshrined into the Party Constitution. It was succeeded by the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
The CentralParty School is a higher education institution that trains Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres. It is located in Haidian,Beijing,close to Summer Palace and Old Summer Palace.
Wang Huning is a Chinese political theorist and one of the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He is currently the chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He has been a leading ideologist in the country since the 1980s. He has been a member of the CCP's Politburo Standing Committee,China's top decision-making body since 2017,and has been its fourth-ranking member since 2022.
The succession of power in China since 1949 takes place in the context of a one-party state under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Despite the guarantee of universal franchise in the constitution,the appointment of the Paramount leader lies largely in the hands of his predecessor and the powerful factions that control the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
"Four Confidences" is a political concept by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) general secretary Xi Jinping. The concept includes "Confidence in Path,Confidence in Theories,Confidence in System,and Confidence in Culture." In 2021,the concept was expanded to include the idea of Historical Confidence.
Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,commonly abbreviated outside China as Xi Jinping Thought,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 People's Republic of China emerged as a great power and one of the three big players in the tri-polar geopolitics (PRC-US-USSR) during the Cold War,after the Korean War in 1950-1953 and the Sino-Soviet split in the 1960s,with its status as a recognized nuclear weapons state in 1960s. Currently,China has one of the world's largest populations,second largest GDP (nominal) and the largest economy in the world by PPP.
Willy Wo-Lap Lam is a Hong Kong columnist,economist,newspaper editor,political commentator,political scientist,public policy analyst,sinologist,and writer. He is a frequent commentator on many major media networks regarding the current state of Chinese politics. He is currently a Jamestown Foundation fellow and an adjunct professor at the Centre for China Studies,Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy is the current diplomatic and foreign policy doctrine of the People's Republic of China. It is a part of the larger Xi Jinping Thought,which is a component of modern Chinese Communist Party ideology derived from the CCP general secretary Xi Jinping. According to Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi,Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy is "the fundamental guideline for China's diplomatic work is an epoch-making milestone in the diplomatic theory of New China." The main point of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy is to orient as much of diplomacy as possible to the bilateral level,while still supporting the formal architecture of the international system. In terms of China's foreign policy,Xi Jinping's "Major Country Diplomacy" doctrine has replaced the earlier Deng Xiaoping era slogan of "keep a low profile and build up power" and has legitimized a more active role for China on the world stage,particularly with regards to reform of the international order,engaging in open ideological competition with the West,and assuming a greater responsibility for global affairs in accordance with China's rising power and status.
The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),commonly referred to as ÈrshíDà,was held in the Great Hall of the People,Beijing from 16 to 22 October 2022. The National Congress is the highest organ of the party,and is stipulated to be held every five years. The conference had 2,296 delegates and 83 specially invited delegates.
