List of national leaders of the People's Republic of China

National leaders is the generic version of "Party and State Leaders" (党和国家领导人), a political jargon used by official documents and by official media in China, referring to specific senior officials of the People's Republic of China. The range of Party and State Leaders are prescribed by the national civil servant system. Only officials holding the rank of "chief positions at the state level" (国家级正职, or commonly "national level" 正国级) or "deputy positions at the state level" (国家级正职, or commonly "sub-national level" 副国级) are considered Party and State Leaders.

Qualified Office Holders

Holders of the following offices qualify as Party and State Leaders:

• Senior leaders of the three key organs of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
  • Central Committee
    • General Secretary of the Central Committee
    • Central Politburo - Members and Alternate members
      • Politburo Standing Committee - Members
    • Secretaries of the Central Secretariat - including the First-ranked Secretary
  • Central Military Commission - Chair and Vice Chairs
  • Central Commission for Discipline Inspection - Secretary
• Senior leaders of the seven key institutions of the National Government of the People's Republic of China
  • National People's Congress - Chair, Vice Chairs of the Standing Committee
  • President - President, Vice President
  • State Council - Premier, Vice Premiers, State Councillors
  • Central Military Commission - Chair and Vice Chairs (rank: General/Admiral/Air Force General)
  • National Supervisory Commission - Director (rank: Censor-General)
  • Supreme People's Court - President (rank: Chief Justice)
  • Supreme People's Procuratorate - Prosecutor-General (rank: Chief Procurator)
• Senior leaders of the CPPCC
  • Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference - Chair, Vice Chairs

In addition to the holders of the above office, historically, members of the standing committee of the Central Advisory Commission (existed between 1982 and 1992) were considered Party and State Leaders. The 20 military leaders who were conferred titles of "Marshal of the People's Republic" and "Grand General of the People's Liberation Army" in 1955 were all considered former Party and State Leaders when they were alive.

As of June 2024, the 66 holders of the following 102 offices are considered Party and State Leaders. Of the 67 holders, 6 are women, 19 are not official members of the CCP.

• Chief positions at the state level (8)

1. General Secretary of the Communist Party (1)
2. President (same holder as CCP General Secretary)
3. Premier of the State Council (1)
4. Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (1)
5. Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1)
6. Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party (same holder as CCP General Secretary)
7. Chairman of the Central Military Commission (same membership of the CCP Central Military Commission, same holder as CCP General Secretary)
8. Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (3, plus 4 holding other positions listed above)
9. Vice President (1)

• Deputy positions at the state level (58)

1. Members of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party not members of the Standing Committee (17)
2. Secretaries of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (2, plus 5 who are also members of the CCP Politburo)
3. Vice Chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (13, plus 1 who is also a member of the CCP Politburo)
4. Vice Premiers (all 4 Vice Premiers are members of the CCP Politburo) and State Councillors (2, plus 1 who is also members of the CCP Secretariat)
5. Vice Chairpersons of the Central Military Commission (both members of the CCP Politburo)
6. Director of the National Supervisory Commission (also a member of the CCP Secretariat)
7. President and Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court (1)
8. Prosecutor-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (1)
9. Vice Chairpersons of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (22, plus 1 who is also a member of the CCP Politburo)

Current national leaders

Notes

See also

• Order of precedence in China
• List of leaders of the People's Republic of China
• List of current Chinese provincial leaders

References

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2. List of Chinese leaders
3. List of premiers of the People's Republic of China
4. List of leaders of the Republic of China
5. List of state representatives of the People's Republic of China
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