Party and state leaders explained

Party and State leaders (Chinese: 党和国家领导人) is a political jargon used by official documents and by official media in China, referring to specific senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). 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" (Chinese: 国家级正职, or commonly "national level" Chinese: 正国级) or "deputy positions at the state level" (Chinese: 国家级正职, or commonly "sub-national level" Chinese: 副国级) are considered Party and State leaders.

Qualified Office Holders

Holders of the following offices qualify as Party and State leaders:^[1]

• 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 - Procurator-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 of the Supreme People's Court (1)
8. Procurator-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

Name	Birthdate	Party		Notes
Xi Jinping 习近平	1953 6, df=yes		Chinese Communist Party	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (2012) President of the People's Republic of China (2013) Chairman of the Central Military Commission (2012/2013) Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2007)
Li Qiang 李强	1959 7, df=yes		Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Premier of the People's Republic of China (2023)
Zhao Leji 赵乐际	1957 3, df=yes		Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2017) Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2023)
Wang Huning 王沪宁	1955 10, df=yes		Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2017) Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Cai Qi 蔡奇	1955 12, df=yes		Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) First Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (2022)
Ding Xuexiang 丁薛祥	1962 9, df=yes		Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (2023)
Li Xi 李希			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (2022)
Han Zheng 韩正	1954 4, df=yes		Chinese Communist Party	Vice President of the People's Republic of China (2023) Former Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2017-2022)
Ma Xingrui 马兴瑞			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Communist Party Secretary of Xinjiang (2021)
Wang Yi 王毅			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission (2023) Minister of Foreign Affairs (2023)
Yin Li 尹力			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Communist Party Secretary of Beijing (2022)
Shi Taifeng 石泰峰			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Head of the Central United Front Work Department (2022)
Liu Guozhong 刘国中			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (2023)
Li Ganjie 李干杰	1964 11, df=yes		Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Head of the Central Organization Department (2023)
Li Shulei 李书磊			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Head of the Central Publicity Department (2022)
Li Hongzhong 李鸿忠	1956 8, df=yes		Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2017) First Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2023)
GEN He Weidong 何卫东			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (2022/2023)
He Lifeng 何立峰			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (2023)
GEN Zhang Youxia 张又侠			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2017) Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (2017/2018)
Zhang Guoqiang 张国清			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (2023)
Chen Wenqing 陈文清	1960 1, df=yes		Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (2022)
Chen Jining 陈吉宁			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai (2022)
Chen Min'er 陈敏尔			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2017) Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin (2022)
Yuan Jiajun 袁家军			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing (2022)
Huang Kunming 黄坤明			Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2017) Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong (2022)
Liu Jinguo 刘金国			Chinese Communist Party	Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (2022)Director of the National Supervisory Commission (2023)
CG Wang Xiaohong 王小洪			Chinese Communist Party	Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (2022)State Councilor (2023) Minister of Public Security (2022)
Wang Dongming 王东明			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2018)
Xiao Jie 肖捷			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2023)
Zheng Jianbang 郑建邦			Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2023) Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (2022)
Ding Zhongli 丁仲礼			China Democratic League	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2018) Chairman of the China Democratic League (2017)
Hao Mingjin 郝明金			China National Democratic Construction Association	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2018) Chairman of the China Democratic National Construction Association (2017)
Cai Dafeng 蔡达峰			China Association for Promoting Democracy	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2018) Chairman of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (2017)
He Wei 何维			Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2023) Chairman of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (2022)
Wu Weihua 武维华			Jiusan Society	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2018) Chairman of the Jiusan Society (2017)
Tie Ning 铁凝			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2023)
Peng Qinghua 彭清华			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2023)
Zhang Qingwei 张庆伟			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2023)
Losang Jamcan 洛桑江村 བློ་བཟང་རྒྱལ་མཚན			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2023)
Shohrat Zakir 雪克来提·扎克尔 شۆھرەت زاكىر			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2023)
Wu Zhenglong 吴政隆			Chinese Communist Party	State Councilor (2023)
Shen Yiqin 谌贻琴			Chinese Communist Party	State Councilor (2023)
CJ Zhang Jun 张军			Chinese Communist Party	President of the Supreme People's Court (2023)
CP Ying Yong 应勇	1957 11, df=yes		Chinese Communist Party	Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (2023)
Hu Chunhua 胡春华			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Shen Yueyue 沈跃跃			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Wang Yong 王勇			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Zhou Qiang 周强			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai 帕巴拉·格列朗杰 འཕགས་པ་ལྷ་དགེ་ལེགས་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་			Nonpartisan	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2003) Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1993) 11th Qamdo Galden Jampaling Monastery Pagbalha Hutuktu of Tibetan Buddhism (1942)
Edmund Ho Hau-wah 何厚铧	1955 3, df=yes		Nonpartisan	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2010) Former Chief Executive of Macau Special Autonomous Region (1999-2009)
Bagatur 巴特尔			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2018)
Su Hui 苏辉			Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2018) Chairwoman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (2018)
Shao Hong 邵鸿			Jiusan Society	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2018)
Gao Yunlong 高云龙			China National Democratic Construction Association	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2018)
Chen Wu 陈武			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Mu Hong 穆虹			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Xian Hui 咸辉			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Wang Dongfeng 王东峰			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)Secretary-General of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Jiang Xinzhi 姜信治			Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Jiang Zuojun 蒋作君			China Zhi Gong Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023) Chairman of the China Zhi Gong Party (2022)
He Baoxiang 何报翔			Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Wang Guangqian 王光谦			China Democratic League	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Qin Boyong 秦博勇			China National Democratic Construction Association	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Zhu Yongxin 朱永新			China Democratic League	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Yang Zhen 杨震			Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)

See also

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

References

1. News: Zheng . Zhizu . 12 October 2014 . 涨知识党和国家领导人如何排名 . Increase your knowledge How are party and state leaders ranked? . 30 June 2024 . The Paper.