General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

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party leadership position political office

The General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party is the highest-ranking official in China’s ruling party and the country’s paramount political leader.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	As subject	As object
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China	0	2
Chairman of the Communist Party of China	0	1
General Secretary of the CCP	0	1
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (indirectly via Central Committee)	0	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	party leadership position → political office →
alsoHoldsOfficeTypically	Chairman of the Central Military Commission → President of China → surface form: President of the People's Republic of China
appliesToOrganization	Chinese Communist Party →
appointedBy	Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party → National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party →
associatedBuilding	Great Hall of the People →
country	China → surface form: People's Republic of China
currentHolder	Xi Jinping →
currentHolderStartDate	2012-11-15 →
deFactoStatus	highest-ranking official in China → top leader of the Chinese Communist Party →
firstHolder	Hu Yaobang →
ideologyContext	Maoism → surface form: Mao Zedong Thought Marxism–Leninism → socialism with Chinese characteristics →
jurisdiction	Chinese Communist Party → People's Republic of China political system →
language	Chinese →
memberOf	Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party → Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party → Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party →
nativeLabel	中国共产党中央委员会总书记 →
nativeLanguage	Standard Chinese →
nominator	Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party →
officeCreated	1982 →
officeType	paramount leader of China → party leader →
politicalSystem	one-party socialist republic →
positionHeldIn	Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party → Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party → Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party →
powerBasis	control of the Chinese Communist Party → leadership of the Politburo Standing Committee →
precededByOffice	Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party →
reportsTo	Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party →
residence	Zhongnanhai, Beijing → surface form: Zhongnanhai
responsibility	overall leadership of the Chinese Communist Party → overseeing party ideology and organization → setting major policy directions for China →
script	Simplified Chinese →
seat	Beijing →
selectionMethod	elected by the Central Committee after the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party →
shortName	General Secretary of the Communist Party → surface form: CCP General Secretary General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party self-linksurface differs → surface form: General Secretary of the CCP
termLength	five years (de facto, tied to Party Congress cycle) →
termRenewable	yes →

Referenced by (16)

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

President of China → associatedWithOffice → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party → chairpersonTitle → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party → deFactoLeader → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party → elects → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

CPC → generalSecretaryTitle → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of China

Chairman of the Central Military Commission → inPracticeCombinedWithOffice → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party → keyPosition → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

Chinese Communist Party → leaderTitle → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

Hu Jintao → positionHeld → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

Liu Songlin → positionHeld → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

subject surface form: Mao Zedong

this entity surface form: Chairman of the Communist Party of China

Xi Jinping → positionHeld → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party → selects → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (indirectly via Central Committee)

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party → shortName → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: General Secretary of the CCP

CPC → topLeaderOffice → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of China

CCP → topPosition → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

subject surface form: Chinese Communist Party

Zhongnanhai, Beijing → usedBy → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →

subject surface form: Zhongnanhai