The vice chairpersons of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) are deputies to the chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The official responsibility of the vice chairpersons is to assist the CPPCC chairman with the leadership of the CPPCC Standing Committee.^[1]

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Vice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
中国人民政治协商会议 全国委员会副主席
Emblem of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Status	Sub-national level official
Member of	Standing Committee of the National Committee Chairperson's Council
Nominator	Presidium of the Plenary Session of the National Committee (chosen within the Chinese Communist Party)
Appointer	Plenary Session of the National Committee
Term length	Five years
Constituting instrument	Charter of the CPPCC
Formation	21 September 1949; 74 years ago (1949-09-21)

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The vice chairpersons are officially nominated within the CPPCC National Committee and approved by a plenary session of the National Committee.^[2] The vice chairpersons are members of the Standing Committee of the National Committee, which handles the regular affairs of the body, and members of the Chairperson's Council, which handles the day-to-day affairs of the Standing Committee.^[2]

The head of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has generally served as the first-ranking vice chairperson.^[3] The other vice chairpersons have generally included the president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, former chief executives of Hong Kong and Macau, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, president of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and at least one chairperson of one of the eight legally-permitted political parties in China.^[3]

News reports have suggested that the position of CPPCC Vice Chairperson, as a state-level post with a retirement age of 70, has been used as a device to extend the services of valued officials beyond the typical retirement age for their position. The appointment of People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan as a vice chairperson in 2013 was said to be for this purpose.^[4]