Politburo of the Communist Party of China
The Politburo of the Communist Party of China (Chinese: 中国共产党中央政治局 pinyin: Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Zhèngzhìjú) (also "Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee") is a group of 19 to 25 people who oversee the Communist Party of China. Unlike politburos (political bureaus) of other Communist parties, power within the politburo is centralized in the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China. The Politburo is nominally appointed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China but the practice since the 1980s has been that the Politburo is self-perpetuating.
The power of the Politburo resides largely in the fact that its members generally simultaneously hold positions within the People's Republic of China state positions and with the control over personnel appointments that the Politburo and Secretariat have. In addition, some Politburo members hold powerful regional positions. How the Politburo works internally is unclear, but it appears that the full Politburo meets once a month and the standing committee meets weekly. This is believed to be much more infrequent than the former Politburo of the CPSU had been. The agenda for the meetings appears to be controlled by the General Secretary and decisions are made by consensus rather than by majority vote.
The Politburo was eclipsed by the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China in the early 1980s under Hu Yaobang, but has re-emerged as a dominant force after Hu's ousting in 1987.
Current members
- Wang Lequan (CPC Xinjiang Committee Secretary)
- Wang Zhaoguo (Vice-Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee; Chair, All-China Federation of Trade Unions)
- Hui Liangyu (Vice-Premier)
- Liu Qi (CPC Beijing Committee Secretary)
- Liu Yunshan (CPC Propaganda Head)
- Li Changchun
- Wu Yi (Vice-Premier)
Wu Bangguo (Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee)- Wu Guanzheng (Head of Central Discipline Inspection Commission
- Zhang Lichang
- Zhang Dejiang (CPC Guangdong Committee Secretary)
- Chen Liangyu (suspended 2006)
- Luo Gan (Chair, Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee)
- Zhou Yongkang (Head of Ministry of Public Security)
- Hu Jintao (President, General Secretary)
- Yu Zhengsheng (CPC Hubei Committee Secretary)
- He Guoqiang (Head of CPC Organization Department)
- Jia Qinglin (Chairman of the Political Consultative Conference)
- Guo Boxiong (Vice-Chairman, Central Military Commission)
- Huang Ju (deceased 2007)
- Cao Gangchuan (Minister of Defense)
- Zeng Qinghong (Vice-President, Principal of Central Party School)
- Zeng Peiyan (Vice-Premier)
- Wen Jiabao (Premier)
- Wang Gang (Alternate Member)
External links
- "Hu Jintao and the Party Politburo", Winter 2004: Party Affairs, By Alice L. Miller, China Leadership Monitor No. 9
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