The Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party,officially as the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,is the highest political body of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist 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.
The orders of precedence in China is the ranking of political leaders in China for the purposes of event protocol and to arrange the ordering of names in official news bulletins,both written and televised. It is also sometimes used to assess perceived level of political power. Although there is no formally published ranking,there is usually an established convention and protocol,and the relative positions of Chinese political figures can usually be deduced from the order in meetings and especially by the time and order in which figures are covered by the official media. Since 1982,the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party has been the highest-ranking official in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
The Secretariat,officially the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,is a body serving the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Politburo and Standing Committee. The secretariat is mainly responsible for carrying out routine operations of the Politburo and coordinating organizations and stakeholders to achieve tasks set out by the Politburo. It is empowered by the Politburo to make routine day-to-day decisions on issues of concern in accordance with the decisions of the Politburo,but it must consult the Politburo on substantive matters.
Chen Yun was a Chinese revolutionary leader who was one of the most influential leaders of the People's Republic of China during the 1980s and 1990s and one of the major architects and important policy makers for the reform and opening up period,alongside Deng Xiaoping. He was also known as Liao Chenyun (廖陈云),as he took his uncle's family name when he was adopted by him after his parents died.
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 Central Committee,officially the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,is the highest organ when the national congress is not in session and is tasked with carrying out congress resolutions,directing all party work,and representing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) externally. It is currently composed of 205 full members and 171 alternate members. Members are nominally elected once every five years by the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. In practice,the selection process is done privately,usually through consultation of the CCP's Politburo and its corresponding Standing Committee.
The Foreign Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party,commonly called the Central Foreign Affairs Commission,is a commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that exercises general oversight on matters related to foreign affairs.
Li Xiannian was a Chinese Communist military and political leader,president of the People's Republic of China from 1983 to 1988 under paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and then chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1988 until his death. He was a full member of the Politburo from 1956 to 1987,and of its Standing Committee from 1977 to 1987.
Wan Li was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician. During a long administrative career in the People's Republic of China,he served successively as Vice Premier,Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC),and a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretariat and its Politburo. Wan joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1936 and led revolutionary and wartime resistance activities in his native Shandong province. After the founding of the communist state in 1949,Wan served in a series of government ministries,then worked as a member of the municipal leadership in Beijing. He was purged during the Cultural Revolution,but was eventually rehabilitated and returned to work as party chief of Anhui province,where he led the implementation of successful agrarian reforms centered on the household-responsibility system. In the 1980s,Wan became one of the leading moderate reformers in China's top leadership,advocating for constitutional reforms,the strengthening of legislative institutions,and the abolition of 'lifelong-terms' of top political leaders. He was named head of the national legislature in 1988. He retired in 1993.
Song Renqiong,born Song Yunqin,was a general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and one of the Eight Elders of the Chinese Communist Party.
Qiao Shi was a Chinese politician and one of the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was a member of the party's top decision-making body,the Politburo Standing Committee,from 1987 to 1997. He was a contender for the paramount leadership of China,but lost out to his political rival Jiang Zemin,who assumed the post of General Secretary of the party in 1989. Qiao Shi instead served as Chairman of the National People's Congress,then the third-ranked political position,from 1993 until his retirement in 1998. Compared with his peers,including Jiang Zemin,Qiao Shi adopted a more liberal stance in political and economic policy,promoting the rule of law and market-oriented reform of state-owned enterprises.
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,and General Secretary.
Yu Zhengsheng is a retired Chinese politician who served as the chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from March 2013 to 2018. Between 2012 and 2017,Yu was the fourth-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
The 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from September 1982 to November 1987. It held seven plenary sessions. It was succeeded by the 13th Central Committee. It elected the 12th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in 1982.
Wu De,born Li Chunhua (李春华),was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician of the People's Republic of China. He served in provincial-level leadership positions in Pingyuan Province,Tianjin municipality,Jilin Province,and Beijing municipality,and was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party from 1973 to 1980. After the Cultural Revolution,Wu was a key supporter of Hua Guofeng and was forced out of politics after Deng Xiaoping ousted Hua from his leadership position.
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.
The organization of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is based upon the Leninist concept of democratic centralism.
Deng Liqun was a Chinese politician and theorist who was one of the leading figures of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the 1980s,most well known for his involvement with the party's propaganda work. Deng was born in Guidong County,Hunan province,and joined the CCP in 1936. He came from an intellectual family and joined the party out of intellectual commitment. He was often referred to as "Little Deng",to be distinguished from Deng Xiaoping,the "Old Deng".
The 13thNational Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing from 25 October to 1 November 1987. It was preceded by the 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and was succeeded by the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. It was attended by 1,936 delegates representing more than 46 millions of party members and included 200 foreign journalists who were invited to attend the opening and closing ceremonies. In addition,the Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the CPPCC National Committee,representatives from the National Federation of industry and commerce,non-party people,ethnic minorities and religious people were invited to this congress as audience.
