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CPC General Secretary

General Secretary of the
Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China
中国共产党中央委员会总书记
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Incumbent
Xi Jinping

since 15 November 2012
Style Comrade (同志)
(Formal)
His Excellency (閣下)
(In international correspondence)
Type Party leader
Status 1st in China
Member of Central Committee
Politburo Standing Committee
Central Military Commission
National Security Commission
Secretariat
Reports to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Residence Zhongnanhai
Seat Beijing
Appointer the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Term length Five Years
(no restriction on re-election)
Constituting instrument Constitution of the Communist Party of China
Precursor Chairman of the Communist Party of China
Inaugural holder Chen Duxiu (1925)
Hu Yaobang (1982)
Formation 1925 – 1943
September 1982
Unofficial names Paramount leader
Website Top Leadership
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
Simplified Chinese 中国共产党中央委员会总书记
Traditional Chinese 中國共產黨中央委員會總書記
Commonly abbreviated as
Simplified Chinese 中共中央总书记
Traditional Chinese 中共中央總書記

The General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, officially General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is head of the Communist Party of China and the highest-ranking official within China, a standing member of the Politburo and head of the Secretariat. The officeholder is usually considered the paramount leader of China.

It is considered one of the world's most powerful and influential political figures, leading an emerging superpower with global influence and the world's largest and rapidly growing military force, People's Liberation Army.

According to the Constitution, the General Secretary serves as an ex officio member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's de facto top decision-making body. Since the early 1990s, the holder of the post has been, except for transitional periods, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, making the holder the Supreme Military Command of the People's Liberation Army.


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