Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party

Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党中央委员会副主席
Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
StyleVice Chairman (副主席)
(informal)
Comrade (同志)
(formal)
Member ofPolitburo Standing Committee
Reports toCentral Committee
SeatZhongnanhai, Beijing, China
NominatorCentral Committee
AppointerCentral Committee
Term lengthFive years,
renewable
Constituting instrumentParty Constitution
Formation26 September 1956; 68 years ago (1956-09-26)
Abolished1 September 1982; 42 years ago (1982-09-01)
Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Simplified Chinese中国共产党中央委员会副主席
Traditional Chinese中國共產黨中央委員會副主席
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Fùzhǔxí
Commonly abbreviated as
Chinese中共中央副主席
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōnggòng Zhōngyāng Fùzhǔxí

The vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was the second-highest rank within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after the chairman from 1956 to 1982. The position was phased out after 1982 in order to remove the "Chairman" position from any government posting, resigning it solely to the late Mao Zedong.

All vice chairmen were members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.