Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Political body comprising the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party
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| 2023 | CCP membership demographics change, with 56.2% of party members now having a college degree or above, becoming more educated and younger. |
| 2023 | Chen Wenqing of the CCP's Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission directed party cadres to support covert front work. |
| 2023 | The Society Work Department (SWD) was established as a new functional department of the Central Committee. |
| December 31 2023 | By the end of 2023, the Communist Youth League (CYL) reached a membership of 74.167 million members, highlighting its significant role as the largest mass youth organization in China. |
| May 2023 | The CNSC held its first publicly announced meeting following the 20th CCP Congress in 2022. |
| April 2023 | Li Ganjie becomes the latest head of the Organization Department |
| March 2023 | Hu Heping becomes the latest executive deputy head of the Publicity Department |
| 2022 | The National Security Commission underwent a membership restructuring, with Xi Jinping continuing as Chairman, and new Vice Chairmen including Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, and Cai Qi appointed. |
| December 2022 | The department issued a directive requiring journalists to pass a national exam, demonstrating support for the Communist Party's leadership and commitment to implementing Xi Jinping's socialist ideology to obtain professional credentials. |
| October 2022 | Li Shulei becomes head of the Propaganda Department, succeeding Huang Kunming |
| October 2022 | Li Shulei's tenure ends, succeeded by Hu Heping |
| October 2022 | The 20th Politburo was elected at the first plenary session of the 20th Central Committee, with Xi Jinping securing an unprecedented third five-year term. |
| July 2022 | HSBC became the first foreign lender to open a CCP committee in its Chinese investment banking subsidiary, HSBC Qianhai Securities. |
| April 2022 | Wang Xiaohui is replaced by Li Shulei as executive deputy head |
| November 11 2021 | The Resolution was officially adopted at the conclusion of the Sixth Plenary Session. |
| November 11 2021 | The Chinese Communist Party adopts the 'third historical resolution', a comprehensive document summarizing the party's achievements and historical experiences over the past century. |
| November 8 2021 | The 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party begins its Sixth Plenary Session to discuss and adopt the Resolution on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party over the Past Century. |
| October 18 2021 | Xi Jinping chaired a Politburo meeting to study comprehensively summarizing major achievements. The Politburo listened to opinions on the draft and decided to submit the resolution to the Sixth Plenary Session after revisions. |
| September 6 2021 | The CCP Politburo decided to distribute the draft resolution internally for opinion gathering, including consulting veterans, leaders of minor parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and non-party representatives. |
| April 1 2021 | The CCP Central Committee issued a notice soliciting opinions on key drafting issues from within and outside the CCP for the resolution document. |
| March 2021 | The Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party decided to focus the sixth plenary session on studying and summarizing the CCP's achievements and historical experiences over the past century. A document drafting group was established with Xi Jinping as group leader, and Wang Huning and Zhao Leji as deputy group leaders. |
| September 2020 | CCP announced plans to strengthen united front work in the private sector by establishing more party committees in regional federations of industry and commerce. |
| April 2020 | The Commission held its third publicized meeting between March and April. |
| 2019 | The Media Oversight Office announced that training and testing of news professionals nationwide would be managed through the Xuexi Qiangguo mobile app. |
| 2018 | The Organization Department absorbed the former State Civil Servants Bureau to better enforce the principle of 'the Party controls the cadres'. |
| 2018 | The CNSC held its second publicized meeting after a period of no publicly reported meetings between 2014 and 2018. |
| 2018 | Percentage of private businesses with CCP party committees reached 48.3%, a significant increase from 2002. |
| May 2018 | US-China Business Council reported SOE joint ventures requesting foreign partners to amend articles of association to support CCP groups. |
| March 2018 | All Standing Committee members and Politburo members made their first written presentation to the Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping, implementing the new reporting requirement. |
| January 2018 | Wang Xiaohui takes over as Executive Deputy Head of the Publicity Department, serving until April 2022. |
| 2017 | European trade groups resisted attempts by SOE joint venture partners to incorporate Party organizations into company charters. |
| October 2017 | Huang Kunming concludes his tenure, succeeded by Wang Xiaohui |
| October 2017 | At the First Plenary Session of the 19th CCP Central Committee, a new rule was established requiring all Politburo members to make annual written presentations to the Central Committee and the General Secretary. |
| February 17 2017 | The National Security Commission of the Chinese Communist Party was inaugurated with Xi Jinping as Chairman, and key leadership positions filled by top CCP officials including Li Keqiang and Zhang Dejiang as Deputy Chairmen. |
| December 2014 | Huang Kunming becomes the executive deputy head, replacing Luo Shugang |
| April 15 2014 | In the first meeting of the CNSC, Xi Jinping articulated the concept of 'big security', emphasizing an overall approach to national security and strengthening confidence in China's socialist system. |
| January 24 2014 | Politburo meeting to study and decide on establishing the commission, with Xi Jinping designated as its chairman. |
| 2013 | The Central National Security Commission (CNSC) was established at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee to coordinate security strategies across multiple government departments, addressing both domestic and international security challenges. |
| November 2013 | Xi Jinping established the National Security Commission at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th CCP Central Committee, as part of his reforms in foreign policy and security sectors. |
| May 2013 | The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issued a groundbreaking resolution defining the process for drafting, approving, publishing, amending, and abolishing party regulations. This was the first such comprehensive document on party regulation since the party's founding in 1921, aiming to introduce more systematic rule of law in managing party members and addressing concerns about power abuse and corruption. |
| 2012 | CCP began strengthening party committees in private companies and increased efforts to integrate party members into management and decision-making processes. |
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