President of China

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head of state office political office

The President of China is the country’s ceremonial head of state, a role currently held concurrently with the top leadership positions of the Chinese Communist Party, making its occupant China’s paramount leader.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
President of the People's Republic of China 13
President of the People’s Republic of China 2
Xi Jinping 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
abolished 1975 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs President of China ⓘ
surface form: President of the People's Republic of China

President of China ⓘ
surface form: State President of the People's Republic of China
appointedBy National People's Congress ⓘ
associatedWithOffice Chairman of the Central Military Commission ⓘ
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
country China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
createdOn 1954-09-20 ⓘ
deFactoStatus part of the top leadership positions of China ⓘ
eligibility at least 45 years old ⓘ
citizen of the People's Republic of China with full electoral rights ⓘ
firstOfficeHolder Mao Zedong ⓘ
flag Standard of the President of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
flagCaption Standard of the President ⓘ
insignia National Emblem of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
insigniaCaption National Emblem of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
surface form: National Emblem of China
linkedTo Standing Committee of the National People's Congress ⓘ
surface form: National People's Congress Standing Committee

Premier of the State Council ⓘ
Vice President of China ⓘ
memberOf state organs of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
nativeName President of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 中华人民共和国主席
nativeNameLanguage zh-Hans ⓘ
nominator Presidium of the National People's Congress ⓘ
oathRequired constitutional oath of office ⓘ
officeHolder Xi Jinping ⓘ
officeHolderStartDate 2013-03-14 ⓘ
officeLocation Great Hall of the People ⓘ
officeType largely ceremonial under the constitution ⓘ
powers appoints and removes the premier upon NPC approval ⓘ
appoints and removes vice premiers and state councillors upon NPC approval ⓘ
issues presidential orders ⓘ
promulgates laws ⓘ
ratifies and abrogates treaties in accordance with NPC decisions ⓘ
receives foreign diplomatic representatives ⓘ
precededByOffice President of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chairman of the Central People's Government
reportsTo National People's Congress ⓘ
residence Zhongnanhai, Beijing ⓘ
surface form: Zhongnanhai
restored 1982 ⓘ
role ceremonial head of state of China ⓘ
seat Beijing ⓘ
style Comrade ⓘ
Head of State ⓘ
President ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
termLimits no constitutional term limit since 2018 ⓘ
termRenewable yes ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: President of the People's Republic of China
President of China → alsoKnownAs → President of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the People's Republic of China
President of China → alsoKnownAs → President of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: State President of the People's Republic of China
this entity surface form: President of the People’s Republic of China
Premier of the State Council → appointedBy → President of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the People's Republic of China
this entity surface form: President of the People's Republic of China
China → currentParamountLeader → President of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xi Jinping
China → currentPresident → President of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xi Jinping
National People's Congress → elects → President of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the People's Republic of China
NPC → elects → President of China ⓘ
subject surface form: National People's Congress
this entity surface form: President of the People's Republic of China
this entity surface form: President of the People's Republic of China
China → headOfState → President of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the People's Republic of China
President of China → nativeName → President of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 中华人民共和国主席
Premier of the State Council → nominatedBy → President of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the People's Republic of China
this entity surface form: President of the People's Republic of China
Hu Jintao → positionHeld → President of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the People's Republic of China
Liu Shaoqi → positionHeld → President of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the People’s Republic of China
Xi Jinping → positionHeld → President of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the People's Republic of China
President of China → precededByOffice → President of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Central People's Government
subject surface form: Civil Code of the People's Republic of China
this entity surface form: President of the People's Republic of China