Party and state leaders

Party and State leaders (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" (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:^[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)

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

Deputy positions at the state level (58)

Members of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party not members of the Standing Committee (17)
Secretaries of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (2, plus 5 who are also members of the CCP Politburo)
Vice Chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (13, plus 1 who is also a member of the CCP Politburo)
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)
Vice Chairpersons of the Central Military Commission (both members of the CCP Politburo)
Director of the National Supervisory Commission (also a member of the CCP Secretariat)
President of the Supreme People's Court (1)
Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (1)
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		Notes
Xi Jinping 习近平	(1953-06-15) 15 June 1953 (age 71)	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	(1959-07-23) 23 July 1959 (age 65)	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	(1957-03-08) 8 March 1957 (age 67)	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	(1955-10-06) 6 October 1955 (age 69)	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	(1955-12-05) 5 December 1955 (age 68)	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	(1962-09-13) 13 September 1962 (age 62)	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	October 1956 (age 68)	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	(1954-04-22) 22 April 1954 (age 70)	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	October 1959 (age 65)	Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Communist Party Secretary of Xinjiang (2021)
Wang Yi 王毅	October 1953 (age 71)	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	August 1962 (age 62)	Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Communist Party Secretary of Beijing (2022)
Shi Taifeng 石泰峰	September 1956 (age 68)	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	July 1962 (age 62)	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	(1964-11-11) 11 November 1964 (age 59)	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	January 1964 (age 60)	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	(1956-08-13) 13 August 1956 (age 68)	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	May 1957 (age 67)	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	February 1955 (age 69)	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	July 1950 (age 74)	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	August 1964 (age 60)	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	(1960-01-24) 24 January 1960 (age 64)	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	February 1964 (age 60)	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	September 1960 (age 64)	Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2017) Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin (2022)
Yuan Jiajun 袁家军	September 1962 (age 62)	Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing (2022)
Huang Kunming 黄坤明	November 1956 (age 67–68)	Chinese Communist Party	Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2017) Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong (2022)
Liu Jinguo 刘金国	April 1955 (age 69)	Chinese Communist Party	Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (2022) Director of the National Supervisory Commission (2023)
CG Wang Xiaohong^[a] 王小洪	July 1957 (age 67)	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	July 1956 (age 68)	Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2018)
Xiao Jie 肖捷	June 1957 (age 67)	Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2023)
Zheng Jianbang 郑建邦	January 1957 (age 67)	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	January 1957 (age 67)	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	December 1956 (age 67)	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	June 1960 (age 64)	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	December 1955 (age 68)	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	September 1956 (age 68)	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	September 1957 (age 67)	Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2023)
Peng Qinghua 彭清华	April 1957 (age 67)	Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2023)
Zhang Qingwei 张庆伟	November 1961 (age 62–63)	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	July 1957 (age 67)	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	August 1953 (age 71)	Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2023)
Wu Zhenglong 吴政隆	November 1964 (age 59–60)	Chinese Communist Party	State Councilor (2023)
Shen Yiqin 谌贻琴	December 1959 (age 64)	Chinese Communist Party	State Councilor (2023)
CJ Zhang Jun 张军	September 1956 (age 68)	Chinese Communist Party	President of the Supreme People's Court (2023)
CP Ying Yong^[b] 应勇	(1957-11-17) 17 November 1957 (age 66)	Chinese Communist Party	Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (2023)
Hu Chunhua 胡春华	April 1963 (age 61)	Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Shen Yueyue 沈跃跃	January 1957 (age 67)	Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Wang Yong 王勇	December 1955 (age 68)	Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Zhou Qiang 周强	April 1960 (age 64)	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་	February 1940 (age 84)	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	(1955-03-13) 13 March 1955 (age 69)	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	February 1955 (age 69)	Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2018)
Su Hui 苏辉	May 1956 (age 68)	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	November 1957 (age 66–67)	Jiusan Society	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2018)
Gao Yunlong 高云龙	December 1958 (age 65)	China National Democratic Construction Association	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2018)
Chen Wu 陈武	November 1954 (age 69–70)	Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Mu Hong 穆虹	December 1956 (age 67)	Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Xian Hui 咸辉	March 1958 (age 66)	Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Wang Dongfeng 王东峰	February 1958 (age 66)	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	February 1958 (age 66)	Chinese Communist Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Jiang Zuojun 蒋作君	January 1955 (age 69)	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	January 1963 (age 61)	Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Wang Guangqian 王光谦	April 1962 (age 62)	China Democratic League	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Qin Boyong 秦博勇	November 1964 (age 59–60)	China National Democratic Construction Association	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Zhu Yongxin 朱永新	September 1958 (age 66)	China Democratic League	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)
Yang Zhen 杨震	November 1961 (age 62–63)	Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2023)

Notes

^ Commissioner-General
^ Chief Procurator

References

^ 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?]. The Paper. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

[2] Commissioner-General

[3] Chief Procurator

[1] 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?]. The Paper. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

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Qualified Office Holders

Current national leaders

Notes

See also

References