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Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Leader of a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China

The chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is the leader of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China.

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The chairman is officially nominated within the CPPCC National Committee and approved by a plenary session of the National Committee.[2] The chairman is a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee, which handles the regular affairs of the body, and presides over its work.[2] The chairman is also a member of the Chairperson's Council, which handles the day-to-day affairs of the Standing Committee.[2] The chairman is assisted in their work by vice chairpersons and the secretary-general of the National Committee.[2] The chairman is usually the leader of the united front system of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), being the head of the principal forum for united front work.[3]

Since its establishment, all CPPCC chairpersons have been a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the CCP except during transition periods, being at least its 4th-ranking member.[4] The incumbent chairman is Wang Huning, who is the 4th-ranking member of the PSC.

Roles

The chairman is central to the united front system of the CCP. According to Sinologist Peter Mattis, the role "largely consists of public appearances, speaking engagements, and pressing the flesh to ensure the party’s ideas remain paramount".[5] The chairman speaks at the department directors’ meeting (全国统战部长会议) of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) held around every December or January, with the Chinese state media emphasizing the role of the chairman and their speeches over the UFWD director, who nominally presides over the meeting.[6]

The chairman usually leads the Central Coordination Group for Xinjiang Work and the Central Coordination Group for Tibet Work, the top CCP decision-making bodies on Xinjiang and Tibet.[7] Additionally, though not required by law, the chairman also generally serves as the leader of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification (CCPPNR), a united front organization.[8]

List of officeholders

Multiple terms in office, consecutive or otherwise, are listed and counted in the first column counts individuals and the second column (term number).

Generations of leadership
  •   Mao Zedong Administration
  •   Deng-Chen Administration
  •   Jiang Zemin Administration
  •   Hu–Wen Administration
  •   Xi Jinping Administration
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Timeline

Wang HuningWang Yang (politician)Yu ZhengshengJia QinglinLi RuihuanLi XiannianDeng YingchaoDeng XiaopingZhou EnlaiMao Zedong

References

  1. [1]
    Luo, Wangshu (2015-01-20). "Public Employees Get Salary Increase". China Daily. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Charter of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Chapter IV: National Committee". Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. [3]
    Joske, Alex (June 9, 2020). "The party speaks for you: Foreign interference and the Chinese Communist Party's united front system". Australian Strategic Policy Institute. JSTOR resrep25132. Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  4. [4]
    Cole & Hsu 2020, p. 4.
  5. [5]
    Cole & Hsu 2020, p. 7.
  6. [6]
    Cole & Hsu 2020, p. 11-12.
  7. [7]
    "Decoding Chinese Politics". Asia Society. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  8. [8]
    Cole & Hsu 2020, p. 44.

Further reading

  • Cole, J. Michael; Hsu, Szu-chien (2020). Insidious Power: How China Undermines Global Democracy. Eastbridge Books. ISBN 9781788692137.
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