Chinese Communist Party
China's governing body
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the political party that has governed China since 1949, when Mao Zedong established the People's Republic.
It remains the sole ruling party, maintaining one-party control over the state.
The party oversees government, military, and media through a hierarchical structure headed by the General Secretary.
The Chinese Communist Party tightened restrictions on foreign investment.
- Long MarchChinese communist military retreat
- Cultural RevolutionMaoist mass political campaign
- Great Leap ForwardFailed rapid industrialization campaign
- People's Republic of ChinaEast Asian communist state
founding · 1949 · civil war · Kuomintang · liberation · land reform · Gang of Four · Deng Xiaoping
Communist party's governing body
- Central CommitteeCommunist party's governing body
- general secretaryTop organizational officer
- one-party stateSole legal ruling faction
- cadreCore of trained personnel
Xi Jinping · party congress · propaganda department · centralization · united front · secretariat · party school
Official content restriction
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- Great FirewallChina's internet filtering system
- social creditState-monitored behavior score
state media · Xinhua · CCTV · dissent · human rights · political prisoners · reeducation · thought reform
State-led revolutionary socialism
- socialismCommunal economic control
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
State of belonging
- cellBasic unit of life
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- party secretaryHead of political organization
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
recruitment · dues · discipline · expulsion
Mao Zedong
- Long MarchChinese communist military retreat
- Cultural RevolutionMaoist mass political campaign
- Great Leap ForwardFailed rapid industrialization campaign
People's Republic of China · founding · 1949 · civil war · Kuomintang · liberation · land reform · Gang of Four · Deng Xiaoping · Tiananmen
Politburo
Communist party's governing body
- Central CommitteeCommunist party's governing body
- general secretaryTop organizational officer
- one-party stateSole legal ruling faction
Xi Jinping · cadre · party congress · propaganda department · centralization · united front · secretariat · party school
censorship
Official content restriction
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- Great FirewallChina's internet filtering system
social credit · state media · Xinhua · CCTV · dissent · human rights · political prisoners · reeducation · thought reform · nationalism
Marxism-Leninism
State-led revolutionary socialism
- socialismCommunal economic control
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
collectivism · party line · self-criticism · red · hammer and sickle
membership
State of belonging
- cellBasic unit of life
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- party secretaryHead of political organization
hierarchy · recruitment · dues · discipline · expulsion
- Communist PartyPolitburo, Central Committee, party congress, party secretary, general secretary
- Republican ChinaRepublic of China, Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, Kuomintang, Guomindang
Chinese Communist Partylibertarianism
Minimal-government political philosophy
Kuomintang · laissez-faire economics · classical liberalism · anarcho-capitalism · neoliberalism
Chinese Communist Partyliberal democracy
Rights-based elected governance
parliamentary democracy · constitutional republic · representative government · separation of powers · direct democracy
Chinese Communist PartyRepublic of China
Taiwan's formal designation
NATO · Taiwan · G7 · European Union · Five Eyes
Chinese, communism, commune, communal, communally, communistic, partying