Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party

The Central Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party, officially, the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,[2] is a body serving the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and its Standing Committee. The secretariat is mainly responsible for carrying out routine operations of the Politburo and the coordination of organizations and stakeholders to achieve tasks as set out by the Politburo. It is empowered by the Politburo to make routine day-to-day decisions on issues of concern in accordance with the decisions of the Politburo, but it must consult the Politburo on substantive matters. The de facto head of the Secretariat is First Secretary.

Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党中央书记处
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General SecretaryXi Jinping
First SecretaryCai Qi
Members
Elected byCentral Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Responsible to Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
Seats7
Meeting place
Qinzheng Hall, Zhongnanhai
Beijing, China[1]
Central Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party
Simplified Chinese中国共产党中央书记处
Traditional Chinese中國共產黨中央書記處
Literal meaningChina Communist Party Central Secretariat
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Literal meaningSecretariat
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The secretariat was set up in January 1934. It is nominally headed by the CCP general secretary, though the position of "General Secretary" was not always one and the same as the top party leader. Secretaries of the secretariat (Shujichu Shuji) are considered some of the most important political positions in the Communist Party and in contemporary China, more generally. Each secretary of the secretariat is generally in charge of one of the major party departments directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Committee. By protocol, its members are ranked above the vice chairmen of the National People's Congress as well as State Councilors. The General Secretary presides over the work of the secretariat.

History

The Secretariat of the Central Committee was formed in January 1934 at the 5th Plenary Session of the 6th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which was held in Shanghai.[3] On March 20, 1943, the Politburo, in a joint decision, decreed that the secretariat will be responsible for carrying out the work of the Politburo according to the general policy framework determined by the Politburo, and that it is vested with the power to make decisions within this general framework.

In 1956, the party created the position of the "General Secretary" to head its secretariat. The position is not that of the foremost leader in the party, which, at the time, was the "Chairman of the Central Committee". Rather, the general secretary was in charge of carrying out the day-to-day work of the Communist Party's Politburo. Its inaugural general secretary was Deng Xiaoping, with prominent political figures such as Peng Zhen and Tan Zhenlin being secretaries.

During the Cultural Revolution, the post of general secretary as well as the secretariat itself completely ceased to function. Beginning at the 9th Party Congress, party documents made no mention of the secretariat. The body was restored after the Cultural Revolution in February 1980, with Hu Yaobang occupying the position of first-ranked secretary, which is analogous to the position formerly called the "General Secretary". Since its reinstatement, the composition of the secretariat has varied between 6 and 12 members. Wan Li, Hu Qili, Hu Jintao, Zeng Qinghong, Xi Jinping, and Liu Yunshan have all successively held the position of the first-ranked Secretary of the secretariat.

The secretaries of the secretariat are ranked highly in the order of precedence among "Party and State Leaders". The secretaries rank under the Politburo, but ranks above the Vice-chairpersons of the National People's Congress Standing Committee.

List of First Secretaries
Main article: First Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
This section is an excerpt from First Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party § Officeholders.[edit]
First Secretaries of the CCP Central Committee's Secretariat
No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Duration Electoral term BY PM Birthplace
General Secretary of the Central Committee's Secretariat
1 Deng Xiaoping 28 September 1956 23 August 1966 9 years and 329 days 8th CC
(1956–1969)		 1904 1924 Guang'an, Sichuan
Standing Secretary of the Central Committee's Secretariat
- Tao Zhu 23 May 1966 4 January 1967 226 days 8th CC
(1956–1969)		 1908 1926 Qiyang, Hunan
General Secretary of the Central Committee's Secretariat
2 Hu Yaobang 29 February 1980 12 September 1982 2 years and 196 days 11th CC
(1977–1982)		 1915 1933 Liuyang, Hunan
First Secretary of the Central Committee's Secretariat
3
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 Hu Qili 24 September 1985 24 June 1989 3 years and 273 days 12th CC
(1982–1987)
13th CC
(1987–1992)		 1929 1948 Yulin, Shaanxi
4
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 Qiao Shi 24 June 1989 19 October 1992 3 years and 117 days 13th CC
(1987–1992)		 1924 1940 Shanghai
5 Hu Jintao 19 October 1992 15 November 2002 10 years and 27 days 14th CC
(1992–1997)
15th CC
(1997–2002)		 1942 1964 Taizhou, Jiangsu
6 Zeng Qinghong 15 November 2002 22 October 2007 4 years and 341 days 16th CC
(2002–2007)		 1939 1960 Ji'an, Jiangxi
7 Xi Jinping 22 October 2007 15 November 2012 5 years and 24 days 17th CC
(2007–2012)		 1953 1974 Beijing
8 Liu Yunshan 15 November 2012 25 October 2017 4 years and 344 days 18th CC
(2012–2017)		 1947 1971 Salaqi County, Suiyuan
9 Wang Huning 25 October 2017 23 October 2022 4 years and 363 days 19th CC
(2017–2022)		 1955 1984 Shanghai
10 Cai Qi 23 October 2022 Incumbent 199 days 20th CC
(2022– )		 1955 1975 Youxi County, Fujian

List of secretaries

See also

References
  1. Su, Weimin. "十一屆三中全會后的中南海". cpc.people.com. zgdsw.org. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. "Officials, experts mark CPC centenary with theoretical seminar". Xinhua. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  3. "中共第六届历次中央全会". People's Daily.
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