Structure of China’s Communist Party

Since the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in July 1921, it has grown to almost 92 million members, representing 6.6 per cent of China’s total population

Population
1.397 billion
(World Bank estimate, 2019)

91.9m
6.6%
Men 66.3m 
Women 25.6m

1
General Secretary
Xi Jinping
President and head of military

7
Politburo Standing Committee – in rank order: Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng

25
Politburo – includes just one woman, Sun Chunlan, in Political Bureau 

375
Central Committee – 204 members and 171 alternate members 

2,300
National Party Congress
Held every five years. 19th National Congress in 2017 brought together 2,287 delegates to rubber stamp Chinese Communist Party decisions


Sources: Xinhuanet, SCMP, Council on Foreign Relations 
Pictures: Associated Press 
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