Chinas political system: 5 pillar agencies

Party Secretary: Hu Jintao

This Chinese Leadership Chart has a particular focus on individuals involved in Tibet Policy. Prepared by ITSN July 2010 with thanks to Robbie Barnett. Visit www.chinese-leaders.org for updates. See Key below for explanations of symbols and colour-coding.

e Party

State President: Hu Jintao, Vice President: Xi Jinping

e Government

Congress & Judiciary

e Military

e United Front

e Mass Organisations

Politburo Standing Committee

Chinas paramount authority (9 members) 1. Hu Jintao T Party Secretary 2. Wu Bangguo Chair, National Peoples Congress 3. Wen Jiabao Premier, State Council 4. Jia Qinglin Chair, Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference 5. Li Changchun Propaganda 6. Xi Jinping 5th 1st Secretary, Central Committee 7. Li Keqiang 5th Vice Premier 8. He Guoqiang Secretary, Discipline Inspection Commission 9. Zhou Yongkang T Secretary, Politics & Law Commission The Politburo (9 Standing Committee Members above +16) Liu Yandong 5th State Councilor Bo Xilai 5th Chongqing Party Secretary Wang Qishan 5th Vice Premier Liu Yunshan 5th Head of Propaganda Department Li Yuanchao 5th Organisation Department Zhang Dejiang 5th Vice Premier Wang Yang 5th Guangdong Party Secretary Zhang Gaoli 5th Tianjin Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng 5th Shanghai Party Secretary (+7 others) Central Committee (371 members) Xi Jinping Secretariat.

State Council
State Council Cabinet (10 members) Wen Jiabao Premier Wang Qishan 5th, Li Keqiang 5th, Zhang Dejiang 5th (+1 other) Vice Premiers State Councilors (with portfolios): Ma Kai 5th Climate Change Liu Yandong 5th United Front work Meng Jianzhu 5th Public Security Dai Bingguo Foreign Affairs (+1 other) Ministers/Bureau Heads (40) Yang Jiechi 5th Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Houlan Ambassador to Nepal Wu Aiying 5th Minister of Justice Meng Jianzhu 5th Public Security Minister; responsible for Public

Central Military Commission

Hu Jintao Chair
(and 9 Generals) Note: There are 2 Central Military Commissions one Party and one State with identical memberships. The Generals occasionally exert pressure on Party leaders.

United Front Work Department

Du Qinglin T Director Zhu Weiqun Deputy Director Yang Jing 5th Deputy Director
(also Minister, State Ethnic Affairs Commission) Sithar 7th Bureau Head

Peoples Liberation Army

(PLA, green uniforms) There are 7 Military Regions including:

The Central Committee includes Politburo Members, Ministers, Military & Provincial leaders and some Business leaders. Important Party bodies including the United Front, Politics & Law Commission, Discipline Inspection Commission, Propaganda and Organization Deptartments technically come under Secretariat.

Security Bureau (PSB), also shares oversight of PAP with Central Military Commission see right. Geng Huichang State Security Minister Yang Jing 5th Minister, State Ethnic Affairs Commission Zhang Ping 5th Minister, National Development & Reform Commission Xie Xuren Finance Minister Wang Zuoan Minister, State Administration for Religious Affairs (+ 32 others) Among many other bodies under the State Council are Xinhua, the Information Office and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Chengdu Military Region (SW) which encompasses Lanzhou Military Region (NW) which encompasses
Qinghai, Gansu, Xinjiang and western TAR.

Sichuan, Yunnan and eastern TAR.

Note: The United Front Work Department is responsible for relations with non-party entities including ethnic minorities. The UFWDs 7th Bureau was established in 2005 to handle Tibetan affairs. The UFWD comes under the Partys Central Committee (see Column 1, The Party) but it is higher than most Party offices. It is directed by the Party leaders, but it also influences them.

Communist Youth League

Lu Hao 6th Secretary
Note: The Communist Youth League is fertile recruiting ground for future Party Leaders. The current Secretary is a different Lu Hao to the Gansu Party Secretary.

(PAP, blue uniforms)

Peoples Armed Police

Meets once every 5 years (next in November 2012 when the leadership will change); Party Congress delegates nominally elect the Central Committee and Politburo.

Party Congress (2,000+ members)

Wang Jianping T National Peoples Congress (approximately 3,000 members) Wu Bangguo Chair
Commander Authority over the PAP is shared between the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of Public Security.

Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference (2,200 members) Jia Qinglin Chair Liu Yandong, Du Qinglin
Vice Chairs Meets annually to advise the National Peoples Congress. Membership has broadened to include business and religious leaders (eg Gyaltsen Norbu), scholars and celebrities.

Trade Unions

Womens Federation

(There are 34 Provinces, autonomous regions & province levelmunicipalities including:) Cheng Quanguo Tibet Autonomous Region Qiang Wei Qinghai Liu Qibao 5th Sichuan Lu Hao Gansu Qin Guangrong Yunnan Hu Chunhua T 6th Inner Mongolia Zhou Qiang 6th Hunan Sun Zhengcai 6th Jilin (+26 others)

Provincial Party Secretaries

The National Peoples Congress (NPC) meets annually in March (not to be confused with the Party Congress which meets only once every 5 years see left). The NPC is technically Chinas legislative body and nominally elects the State President, the Premier of the State Council and the Head of the Judiciary; the President of the Supreme Peoples Court. These elections will next take place in March 2013.

Provincial-level Governors (34 including:) Padma Choling (Pema Thrinley) Tibet Autonomous Region Guo Jinlong T 5th Mayor of Beijing Nur Bekri 6th Xinjiang (+ 31 others)

KEY:

Note: Most senior Party Members have multiple roles and also hold senior Government as well as Party positions. There are Party bodies, each with their own Party Secretary, in all prefectures, counties, towns, townships, military units, work (government) units, universities, schools, factories and media etc. Party Secretaries are always superior to their non-Party counterparts.

T Denotes an individual who previously held a position in Tibetan areas (eg Tibet Autonomous Region, Sichuan) 5th Denotes 5th Generation rising stars, likely to be in senior Party positions in 2012. 6th Denotes 6th Generation rising stars, likely to be in senior Party positions in 2022. Grey: Denotes relatively limited power/in uence Blue: Denotes Members of Tibet Work Leading Group (Note: A Leading Group is a Party consulting body which provides a mechanism for decision-makers to exchange views and develop recommendations for the Politburo and State Council. Other examples of Leading Groups include Public Security, Taiwan, Foreign Affairs, Propaganda & Thought etc.)