List of national leaders of the People's Republic of China


National leaders is the generic version of "Party and State Leaders", a political jargon used by official documents and by official media in China referring to specific senior officials of the People's Republic of China. The range of Party and State Leaders are prescribed by the national civil servant system. Only officials holding the rank of "chief positions at the state level" or "deputy positions at the state level" are considered Party and State Leaders.

Qualified Office Holders

Holders of the following offices qualify as Party and State Leaders:
In addition to the holders of the above office, historically, members of the standing committee of the Central Advisory Commission were considered Party and State Leaders. The 20 military leaders who were conferred titles of "Marshal of the People's Republic" and "Grand General of the People's Liberation Army" in 1955 were all considered former Party and State Leaders when they were alive.
As of March 2018, the 71 holders of the following 102 offices are considered Party and State Leaders. Of the 71 holders, 4 are women, 19 are not official members of the Communist Party.
  1. General Secretary of the Communist Party
  2. President
  3. Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
  4. Premier
  5. Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
  6. Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party
  7. Chairman of the Central Military Commission
  8. Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China
  9. Vice President of the People's Republic of China
  1. Members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China not members of the Standing Committee
  2. Secretaries of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China
  3. Vice Chairpersons of the National People's Congress
  4. Vice Premiers and State Councillors
  5. Vice Chairpersons of the Central Military Commission
  6. Director of the National Supervisory Commission
  7. President and Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court
  8. Prosecutor-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate
  9. Vice Chairpersons of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

    Current national leaders

List of living former national leaders by age

Notes:

†: Former national leaders who were officially investigated and put into jail.