Chairman of the 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 | |
since 10 March 2023 | |
National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
Type | Presiding officer |
Status | National leader level official |
Member of | Standing Committee of the National Committee Chairperson's Council |
Nominator | Presidium of the Plenary Session of the National Committee (chosen within the Chinese 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 |
Deputy | Vice Chairpersons Secretary-General |
Salary | CN¥150,000 per annum est. (2015)[1] |
Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |||||||
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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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The chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is the leader of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China.
The chairman is officially nominated within the CPPCC National Committee and approved by a plenary session of the National Committee.[2] The chairman is a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee, which handles the regular affairs of the body, and presides over its work.[2] The chairman is also a member of the Chairperson's Council, which handles the day-to-day affairs of the Standing Committee.[2] The chairman is assisted in their work by vice chairpersons and the secretary-general of the National Committee.[2] The chairman is usually the leader of the united front system of the Chinese 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 the Politburo Standing Committee of the CCP except during transition periods, being at least its 4th-ranking member.[4] The incumbent chairman is Wang Huning, who is the 4th-ranking member of the PSC.