Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

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collective leadership organ political body top decision-making body of the Chinese Communist Party top decision-making body of the People’s Republic of China

The Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the top decision-making body in China, composed of a small group of senior leaders who set the country’s key political and policy directions.

Aliases (8)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collective leadership organ → political body → top decision-making body of the Chinese Communist Party → top decision-making body of the People’s Republic of China →
appliesToJurisdiction	People’s Republic of China →
chairpersonTitle	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →
composition	small group of senior Chinese Communist Party leaders →
country	People’s Republic of China →
decisionMakingStyle	consensus-oriented among top leaders →
deFactoLeader	General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →
establishedInPeriod	early years of the People’s Republic of China →
governingSystemRole	center of collective leadership in China → core of the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership system →
headquartersLocation	Beijing →
historicalPrecursor	Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China →
ideology	Marxism–Leninism → communism → socialism with Chinese characteristics →
influences	direction of Chinese economic reforms → direction of Chinese foreign relations → direction of Chinese national security policy →
jurisdiction	People’s Republic of China →
keyPosition	Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee → Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress → First Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China → First-ranked Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party → General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party → Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China → Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party →
language	Chinese →
meets	regularly and as needed to decide major issues →
meetsAt	Zhongnanhai →
nativeName	中国共产党中央政治局常务委员会 →
numberOfMembers	7 →
parentOrganization	Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party →
partOf	Chinese Communist Party → Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party →
reportsTo	Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party →
role	coordinates work of central party and state organs → oversees major domestic policy → oversees major economic policy → oversees major foreign policy → oversees major personnel decisions in the Chinese Communist Party → oversees major security policy → sets key policy directions in China → sets key political directions in China →
selectionMethod	elected by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party → members chosen from the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party →
shortName	PSC → Politburo Standing Committee →
typicalNumberOfMembers	5 to 9 →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party → Hu Jintao → Li Keqiang ("Communist Party of China Politburo Standing Committee") → Li Qiang ("Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China") → Zhu De →	memberOf
CPC ("Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China") → Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party →	hasOrgan
General Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party → Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party →	subordinateTo
West Building ("Chinese Communist Party central leadership") →	associatedWith
Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party →	elects
Chinese Communist Party →	executiveBody
Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party →	hasAuthorityOver
Chinese Communist Party →	hasBody
Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party →	hasSubordinateBody
Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ("Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China") →	historicalPrecursor
Premier of the State Council ("Communist Party of China central leadership") →	isSubordinateTo
Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ("中国共产党中央政治局常务委员会") →	nativeName
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party →	positionHeldIn
National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party ("Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (indirectly via Central Committee)") →	selects
Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ("Politburo Standing Committee") →	shortName