| Chairman of National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
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| 中国人民政治协商会议 全国委员会主席 | |
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| National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
| Type | Presiding officer |
| Status | National-level official |
| Member of | Standing Committee of the National Committee Chairperson's Council |
| Nominator | Presidium of the Plenary Session of theNational Committee (chosen within theChinese Communist Party) |
| Appointer | Plenary Session of the National Committee |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Constituting instrument | Charter of the CPPCC |
| Inaugural holder | Mao Zedong |
| Formation | 9 October 1949; 75 years ago (1949-10-09) |
| Deputy | Vice Chairpersons Secretary-General |
| Salary | CN¥150,000 per annumest. (2015)[1] |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会主席 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 全国政协主席 | ||||||
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Thechairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is the leader of theNational Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which is a political advisory body in thePeople's Republic of China.
The chairman is officially nominated within the CPPCC National Committee and approved by a plenary session of the National Committee. The chairman is a member of theStanding Committee of the National Committee, which handles the regular affairs of the body, and presides over its work. The chairman is also a member of theChairperson's Council, which handles the day-to-day affairs of the Standing Committee. The chairman is assisted in their work byvice chairpersons and thesecretary-general of the National Committee.[2] The chairman is usually the leader of theunited front system of theChinese Communist Party (CCP), being the head of the principal forum for united front work.[3]
Since its establishment, all CPPCC chairpersons have been a member of thePolitburo Standing Committee of the CCP except during transition periods, being at least its 4th-ranking member.[4] The incumbent chairman isWang Huning, who is the 4th-ranking member of the PSC.
The chairman is central to the united front system of the CCP. According toSinologist Peter Mattis, the role "largely consists of public appearances, speaking engagements, and pressing the flesh to ensure the party’s ideas remain paramount".[5] The chairman speaks at the department directors’ meeting (全国统战部长会议) of theUnited Front Work Department (UFWD) held around every December or January, with the Chinese state media emphasizing the role of the chairman and their speeches over the UFWD director, who nominally presides over the meeting.[6]
The chairman leads theLeading Party Members Group of the CPPCC, which is responsible for overseeing the implementation of CCP Central Committee policies in the CPPCC.[7] The chairman usually leads theCentral Xinjiang Work Coordination Group and theCentral Tibet Work Coordination Group the top CCP decision-making bodies onXinjiang andTibet, and is usually the deputy leader of theCentral Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs, the top CCP decision-making body regarding Taiwan.[8] Additionally, though not required by law, the chairman also generally serves as the leader of theChina Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification (CCPPNR), a united front organization tasked to advanceunification with Taiwan.[9]
Multiple terms in office, consecutive or otherwise, are listed and counted in the first column counts individuals and the second column (term number).
| No. | Chairperson | Term | Took office | Left office | |
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| 1 |  | Mao Zedong 毛泽东 | 1st | 9 October 1949 | 25 December 1954 |
| 2 |  | Zhou Enlai 周恩来 | 2nd | 25 December 1954 | 29 April 1959 |
| 3rd | 29 April 1959 | 5 January 1965 | |||
| 4th | 5 January 1965 | 8 January 1976 | |||
| During this interval, the office was vacant. (January 1976 – March 1978) | |||||
| 3 | .jpg) | Deng Xiaoping 邓小平 | 5th | 8 March 1978 | 17 June 1983 |
| 4 |  | Deng Yingchao 邓颖超 | 6th | 17 June 1983 | 10 April 1988 |
| 5 | .jpg) | Li Xiannian 李先念 | 7th | 10 April 1988 | 21 June 1992 |
| During this interval, the office was vacant. (June 1992 – March 1993) | |||||
| 6 |  | Li Ruihuan 李瑞环 | 8th | 27 March 1993 | 13 March 1998 |
| 9th | 13 March 1998 | 13 March 2003 | |||
| 7 |  | Jia Qinglin 贾庆林 | 10th | 13 March 2003 | 13 March 2008 |
| 11th | 13 March 2008 | 11 March 2013 | |||
| 8 |  | Yu Zhengsheng 俞正声 | 12th | 11 March 2013 | 14 March 2018 |
| 9 |  | Wang Yang 汪洋 | 13th | 14 March 2018 | 10 March 2023 |
| 10 |  | Wang Huning 王沪宁 | 14th | 10 March 2023 | Incumbent |
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