Paramount leader
Informal term for the most prominent political leader in China.
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General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
The general secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the paramount leader of China.
Chinese Communist Party
Founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Because of these posts, the party leader is seen as the country's paramount leader.
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
The leader of the Chinese Communist Party.
The leader of the Chinese Communist Party.
Although Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao as party chairman, by 1978 he had lost power to vice chairman Deng Xiaoping, who at that point had become the de facto leader of China.
Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997), also known by his courtesy name Xixian (希贤), was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to 1992.
Constitution of the People's Republic of China
Nominally the supreme law of the People's Republic of China.
Nominally the supreme law of the People's Republic of China.
Chinese leader Hu Jintao said that "These amendments of the Chinese constitution are of great importance to the development of China [...] We will make serious efforts to carry them out in practice."
Government of China
Authoritarian political system under the exclusive political leadership of the Chinese Communist Party .
Authoritarian political system under the exclusive political leadership of the Chinese Communist Party .
However, since 1993, as a matter of convention, the presidency has been held simultaneously by the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, the top leader in the one-party system.
Hu Yaobang
High-ranking official of the People's Republic of China.
High-ranking official of the People's Republic of China.
Hu Yaobang's rise to power was engineered by Deng Xiaoping, and Hu rose to the highest levels of the Party after Deng displaced Hua Guofeng as China's "paramount leader".
Hu Jintao
Retired Chinese politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2003 to 2013, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) from 2004 to 2012.
Retired Chinese politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2003 to 2013, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) from 2004 to 2012.
Hu was the paramount leader of China from 2004 to 2012.
Xi Jinping
Chinese politician who has been serving as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) since 2012, and President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 2013.
Chinese politician who has been serving as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) since 2012, and President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 2013.
Xi has been the paramount leader of China, the most prominent political leader in the People's Republic of China, since 2012.
Jiang Zemin
Chinese retired politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002, as Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2004, and as President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003.
Chinese retired politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002, as Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2004, and as President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003.
As the involvement of the "Eight Elders" in Chinese politics steadily declined, Jiang consolidated his hold on power to become the "paramount leader" in the country during the 1990s.