Communist Party of China
China's governing organization
The Communist Party of China is the ruling political party of the People's Republic of China, founded in 1921 and in power since 1949.
It maintains single-party control over the state, with membership exceeding 90 million.
Often abbreviated CPC or CCP (Chinese Communist Party): The Communist Party of China held its twentieth national congress in 2022.
- power consolidationConcentrating authority in one place
- term limitsMandatory end to incumbency
- social creditState-monitored behavior score
- surveillance stateGovernment that watches all
- Cultural RevolutionMaoist mass political campaign
- Great Leap ForwardFailed rapid industrialization campaign
- Red GuardsMaoist youth paramilitary movement
- Little Red BookChinese communist thought compilation
Maoism · collectivization · land reform · class struggle · cadre · struggle session · Gang of Four · Zhou Enlai
Communist party's governing body
- Central CommitteeCommunist party's governing body
- general secretaryTop organizational officer
- plenumComplete legislative body
- five-year planHalf-decade strategic roadmap
propaganda department · united front · central planning · political commissar
State-led revolutionary socialism
- socialismCommunal economic control
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- dictatorship of the proletariatLaboring class governing authority
revolutionary · anti-imperialism · self-reliance · contradictions · revisionism · bourgeoisie
Xi Jinping
- power consolidationConcentrating authority in one place
- term limitsMandatory end to incumbency
- social creditState-monitored behavior score
Mao Zedong
- Cultural RevolutionMaoist mass political campaign
- Great Leap ForwardFailed rapid industrialization campaign
- Red GuardsMaoist youth paramilitary movement
Little Red Book · Maoism · collectivization · land reform · class struggle · cadre · struggle session · Gang of Four · Zhou Enlai · Deng Xiaoping
Politburo
Communist party's governing body
- Central CommitteeCommunist party's governing body
- general secretaryTop organizational officer
- plenumComplete legislative body
five-year plan · propaganda department · united front · central planning · political commissar
Marxism-Leninism
State-led revolutionary socialism
- socialismCommunal economic control
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
dictatorship of the proletariat · revolutionary · anti-imperialism · self-reliance · contradictions · revisionism · bourgeoisie
Communist Party of ChinaRepublican Party
Right-leaning American political organization
Conservative Party · libertarianism · Kuomintang · neoliberalism · laissez-faire economics
Communist Party of Chinademocracy
Rule by the people
liberal democracy · parliamentary democracy · constitutional democracy · pluralism · democratic republic
Communist Party of ChinaNATO
Western defense organization
European Union · Five Eyes · G7 · British Parliament · Pax Americana
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