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"Party and State leaders" (党和国家领导人) is a political term used by theChinese Communist Party (CCP) to refer to senior officials in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Used in official documents and bystate media, the range of Party and State leaders are prescribed by thenational civil servant system. Only officials holding the rank of "chief positions at the state level" (国家级正职, or commonly "national level"正国级) or "deputy positions at the state level" (国家级副职, or commonly "sub-national level"副国级) are considered Party and State leaders.

Holders of the following offices qualify as Party and State leaders:^[1]

• Senior leaders of the three key organs of theChinese Communist Party (CCP)
  • Central Committee
    • General Secretary of the Central Committee
    • Politburo - Members and Alternate members
      • Politburo Standing Committee - Members
    • Secretariat - Members
  • Central Military Commission -Chair andVice Chairs
  • Central Commission for Discipline Inspection -Secretary
• Senior leaders of the seven key institutions of the People's Republic of China (PRC)
  • National People's Congress -Chair,Vice Chairs of theStanding Committee
  • Presidency -President,Vice President
  • State Council -Premier,Vice Premiers,State Councillors
  • Central Military Commission -Chair andVice Chairs (rank: General/Admiral/Air Force General)
  • National Supervisory Commission -Director (rank: Censor-General)
  • Supreme People's Court -President (rank: Chief Justice)
  • Supreme People's Procuratorate -Procurator-General (rank: Chief Procurator)
• Senior leaders of the CPPCC
  • National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference -Chair,Vice Chairs

In addition to the holders of the above office, historically, members of the standing committee of theCentral Advisory Commission (existed between 1982 and 1992) 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 thePeople's Liberation Army" in 1955 were all considered former Party and State leaders when they were alive.

As of June 2024, the 66 holders of the following 102 offices are considered Party and State leaders. Of the 67 holders, 6 are women, 19 are not official members of the CCP.

• Chief positions at the state level (8)

1. General Secretary of the Communist Party (1)
2. President (same holder as CCP General Secretary)
3. Premier of the State Council (1)
4. Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (1)
5. Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1)
6. Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party (same holder as CCP General Secretary)
7. Chairman of the Central Military Commission (same membership of the CCP Central Military Commission, same holder as CCP General Secretary)
8. Members of thePolitburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (3, plus 4 holding other positions listed above)
9. Vice President (1)

• Deputy positions at the state level (58)

1. Members of thePolitburo of the Chinese Communist Party not members of the Standing Committee (17)
2. Members of theSecretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (2, plus 5 who are also members of the CCP Politburo)
3. Vice Chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (13, plus 1 who is also a member of the CCP Politburo)
4. Vice Premiers (all 4 Vice Premiers are members of the CCP Politburo) andState Councillors (2, plus 1 who is also members of the CCP Secretariat)
5. Vice Chairpersons of the Central Military Commission (both members of the CCP Politburo)
6. Director of theNational Supervisory Commission (also a member of the CCP Secretariat)
7. President of the Supreme People's Court (1)
8. Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (1)
9. Vice Chairpersons of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (22, plus 1 who is also a member of the CCP Politburo)

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