Politburo Standing Committee

China’s paramount authority (7 members)

1. Xi Jinping Secretary General
2. Li Keqiang Premier of the State Council
3. Zhang Dejiang Chair of the NPC
4. Yu Zhengsheng Chair of CPPCC
5. Liu Yunshan Party School and Central Committee Secretariat
6. Wang Qishan Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
7. Zhang Gaoli Also Vice Premier

The Politburo

(7 Standing Committee Members + 18 others)

Ma Kai T Also Vice Premier
Liu Yandong T Also Vice Premier
Wang Yang Also Vice Premier
Li Yuanchao Also Vice President
Meng Jianzhu T Politics and Law Commission (Public Security Tsar)
Zhao Leji T Organization Department
Liu Qibao T Propaganda Department
Hu Chunhua 6th T Guangdong Party Secretary
Sun Zhengcai 6th Chongqing Party Secretary
Guo Jinlong T Beijing Party Secretary
Li Zhanshu Director, Central Committee General Office

Central Committee (205 members and 171 Alternate Members)

Liu Yunshan Head of Secretariat.
The Central Committee includes Politburo Members, Ministers, Military & Provincial leaders and some Business leaders. Important Party bodies including United Front, Politics & Law Commission, Discipline Inspection, Propaganda and Organization Departments technically come under Secretariat. On the Secretariat are: Liu Qibao T, Du Qinglin T, Zhao Leji, Yang Jing T, Li Zhanshu (Xi Jinping’s Chief of Staff) and Zhou Hongzhu

Party Congress (2,000+ members)

Meets once every 5 years (most recently in November 2012 when the leadership changed to the 5th generation); Party Congress delegates nominally “elect” the Central Committee and Politburo.

Provincial Party Secretaries

(There are 34 Provinces, autonomous regions & province level municipalities including:)

Chen Quanguo Tibet Autonomous Region
Luo Huining Qinghai
Wang Dongming Sichuan
Wang Sanyun Gansu
Qin Guangrong Yunnan

State Council

State Council Cabinet (10 members)

Li Keqiang - Premier
Zhang Gaoli, Liu Yandong T, Wang Yang, and Ma Kai T – Vice Premiers
State Councilors (with portfolios where known):
Yang Jing T (also Secretary General of the State Council)
Guo Shengkun Public Security
Yang Jiechi Foreign Affairs
Chang Wanquan and Wang Yong
Ministers/Bureau Heads (40)
Wang Yi – Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Wu Chuntai, Ambassador to Nepal
Wu Aiying – Minister of Justice
Guo Shengkun – Public Security Minister; responsible for Public Security Bureau (PSB), also shares oversight of PAP with Central Military Commission – see right.
Geng Huichang – State Security Minister
Wang Zhengwei – Minister, State Ethnic Affairs Commission
Xu Shaoshi – Minister, National Development & Reform Commission
Lou Jiwei – Finance Minister
Wang Zuo’an - Minister, State Administration for Religious Affairs (+ others)
Among many other bodies under the State Council are Xinhua, the Information Office and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

National People’s Congress (approx 3,000 members)

Zhang Dejiang Chair
The National People’s Congress (NPC) meets annually in March (not to be confused with the Party Congress which meets only once every 5 years – see left). The NPC is technically China’s legislative body and nominally elects the State President, the Premier of the State Council and the Head of the Judiciary; the President of the Supreme People’s Court [Zhou Qiang 6th Hunan].

Provincial-level Governors (34 including:)

Lobsang Gyaltsen Tibet Autonomous Region
Hao Peng T Qinghai
Nur Bekri 6th Xinjiang
Lu Hao 6th Heilongjiang

Other Local Leaders

Padma Choling Chair of People’s Congress, Tibet Autonomous Region
Shi Jun Chief of Public Security, Sichuan Province
Liu Zuoming Party Secretary, Ngaba (Aba) Prefecture
Wu Zegang Governor, Ngaba (Aba) Prefecture