Party and state leaders

Current qualified office holders

The senior leaders of the following institutions qualify as party and state leaders:

• Senior leaders of the three key organs of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
  • Central Committee
    • General Secretary of the Central Committee
    • Politburo Standing Committee – members
    • Politburo – members and alternate members
    • Secretariat – secretaries
  • Central Military Commission (of the CPP) – Chair and Vice 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 the Standing Committee
  • Presidency – President, Vice President
  • State Council – Premier, Vice Premiers, State Councilors
  • Central Military Commission (of the government) – Chair and Vice 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 Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
  • National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference – Chair, Vice Chairs

Currently, the officeholders of eight titles are qualified as national-level principals and the holder of ten additional titles are qualified as national-level deputies. Many of the titles have multiple positions, and a number of individuals hold multiple positions on the list. Approximately 70 individuals currently formally qualified as party and state leaders, holding among them approximately 100 specific positions. Of the office holders, 6 are women, 19 are not official members of the CCP.

National-level principals

The officeholders of eight titles, (one with multiple positions) are formally classified as national-level principal. The position of national vice president is not among the offices classified as such, but the current vice president Han Zheng is granted the standing and privileges as a national-level principal leader due previous service in one of these offices. The current occupants of these offices are as follows:

National-level deputies

Officeholders of the following offices qualify as national-level deputies and therefore considered among the party and state leaders of China.

• Members, Politburo
• Secretaries, Secretariat of the CCP
• Vice Chairs,Central Military Commission
• Vice Chairpersons, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC)
• Vice Premiers and State Councilors, State Council
• President of the Supreme People's Court
• Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate
• Vice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CCPCC)

The following are the holders of positions of the Chinese Communist Party (elected or appointed around the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party held in October 2022, unless otherwise noted) and offices of the People's Republic of China (appointed around the subsequent 14th National People's Congress held in March 2023 unless otherwise noted) including those who have been formally removed from office or are currently under investigation.

Historical qualifying offices

In addition to the holders of the above office, historically, members of the standing committee of the Central 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 the People's Liberation Army" in 1955 were all considered former Party and State leaders when they were alive.