Communist Party of China

The Communist Party of China ({{zh-stp |s=????? |t=????? |p=Zh?ngguó Gòngch?nd?ng}}) is the ruling party of the People's Republic of China. The party was founded in 1921, and fought the Kuomintang during the Chinese Civil War. With more than 63 million members, the Communist Party of China (CPC; CCP for the unofficial name Chinese Communist Party; or the somewhat derogatory Chicom) is the largest political party in the world. Men and college educated are more likely to join because of economic benefits. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/china/v002/2.2walder.html Authoritarian in structure and ideology, it continues to dominate the government. In periods of relative liberalization, the influence of people and organizations outside the formal party structure has tended to increase.

List of leaders of the Communist Party of China

List of Chairmen of the Communist Party of China

• Chen Duxiu (1922-1925)
• Mao Zedong (1945-1976)
• Hua Guofeng (1976-1981)
• Hu Yaobang (1981-1982)

List of General Secretaries of the CPC Central Committee

• Chen Duxiu (1921-1922; 1925-1927)
• Qu Qiubai (1927-1928)
• Xiang Zhongfa (1928-1931)
• Li Lisan, acting (1929-1930)
• Wang Ming, acting (1931)
• Bo Gu, aka Qin Bangxian (1932-1935)
• Zhang Mintian, aka Luo Fu (1935-1943)
• Deng Xiaoping (1956-1966)
• Hu Yaobang (1980-1987)
• Zhao Ziyang (1987-1989)
• Jiang Zemin (1989-2002)
• Hu Jintao (since 2002)

The post of Chairman was abolished in 1982. Previously, the General Secretary served more of a bureaucratic role subordinate to the chairman. With the abolition of the post of Chairman, the General Secretary has become the most powerful position within the party.

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