CCP (Chinese Communist Party)

Extracted Attributes

• Full Name

  Communist Party of China

• Highest Body

  National Congress

• Founding Date

  1921

• Current Leader

  Xi Jinping

• Current Status

  Ruling party of the People's Republic of China

• Members (2024)

  Over 100 million

• Political Ideology

  Marxism-Leninism

• Common Abbreviation

  CCP

• Top Leadership Body

  Politburo and its Standing Committee

• Official Abbreviation

  CPC

• Secondary Highest Body

  Central Committee

• Organizational Principle

  Democratic centralism

Timeline

• The Communist Party of China (CCP) is founded by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao, with assistance from the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and the Communist International. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1921

• The CCP joins with the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) to form a united front. (Source: Web Search)

  1924

• The CCP joins the Nationalist Army in the Northern Expedition to eliminate warlords. (Source: Web Search)

  1926-1927

• The 'White Terror' occurs, as the Nationalists turn on the Communists, leading to a split and the start of the Chinese Civil War. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1927

• During a decade of guerrilla warfare, Mao Zedong rises as an influential figure, and the CCP establishes a strong rural base through land reform policies. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1927-1937

• Support for the CCP grows throughout the Second Sino-Japanese War. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1937-1945

• The CCP wins the Chinese Civil War against the Kuomintang and proclaims the establishment of the People's Republic of China under Mao Zedong. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  1949-10

• Mao Zedong dies, leading to a shift in party leadership and policies. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  1976

• Deng Xiaoping directs the CCP away from Maoist orthodoxy towards a policy of economic liberalization. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  1980s

• Following the collapse of the Eastern Bloc and dissolution of the Soviet Union, the CCP focuses on maintaining relations with remaining communist states and establishing ties with non-communist parties. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1991

• Xi Jinping is elected General Secretary at the 1st Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2012-11-15

• Xi Jinping is reelected by the 19th Central Committee. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2017-10-25

• Xi Jinping is reelected by the 20th Central Committee. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-10-10

• The CCP's membership exceeds 100 million, making it the second-largest political party by membership globally. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2024

Chinese Communist Party

The Communist Party of China (CPC), commonly known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP won the Chinese Civil War against the Kuomintang and proclaimed the establishment of the PRC under the chairmanship of Mao Zedong in October 1949. The CCP has since governed China and has had sole control over the People's Liberation Army, People's Armed Police, Militia of China, and People's Police. As of 2024, the CCP has more than 100 million members, making it the second largest political party by membership in the world. In 1921, Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao founded the CCP with the help of the Far Eastern Bureau of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and Far Eastern Bureau of the Communist International. Although the CCP aligned with the Kuomintang (KMT) during its initial years, the rise of the KMT's right-wing under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek and subsequent massacres of tens of thousands of CCP members resulted in a split and a prolonged civil war between the CCP and KMT. During the next ten years of guerrilla warfare, Mao Zedong rose to become the most influential figure in the CCP and the party established a strong base among the rural peasantry with its land reform policies. Support for the CCP continued to grow throughout the Second Sino-Japanese War. After the Japanese surrender in 1945, the CCP emerged triumphant in the communist revolution against the Nationalist government. The CCP established the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949 and remnants of the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan shortly after. Mao Zedong continued to be the most influential member of the CCP until his death in 1976. Under Mao, the party completed its land reform program, launched a series of five-year plans, and eventually split with the Soviet Union. Although Mao attempted to purge the party of capitalist and reactionary elements during the Cultural Revolution, after his death, these policies were only briefly continued by the Gang of Four before a less radical faction seized control. During the 1980s, Deng Xiaoping directed the CCP away from Maoist orthodoxy and towards a policy of economic liberalization. Since the collapse of the Eastern Bloc and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the CCP has focused on maintaining its relations with the ruling parties of the remaining communist states. The CCP has also established relations with several non-communist parties, including dominant nationalist parties of many developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, as well as social democratic parties in Europe. As a Marxist–Leninist party, the Chinese Communist Party is organized based on democratic centralism, a principle that entails open policy discussion on the condition of unity among party members in upholding the agreed-upon decision. The highest body of the CCP is the National Congress, convened every fifth year. When the National Congress is not in session, the Central Committee is the highest body, but since that body usually only meets once a year, most duties and responsibilities are vested in the Politburo and its Standing Committee. Members of the latter are seen as the top leadership of the party and the state. Today the party's leader holds the offices of general secretary (responsible for civilian party duties, also the top rank official), chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) (responsible for military affairs), and president of China (a largely ceremonial position). Because of these posts, the party leader is seen as the country's de facto "paramount leader". The current leader is Xi Jinping, who was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee held on 15 November 2012 and has been reelected twice, on 25 October 2017 by the 19th Central Committee and on 10 October 2022 by the 20th Central Committee.

Web Search Results

• Chinese Communist Party - Wikipedia

  The Communist Party of China (CPC),( commonly known in English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP),( is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil War against the Kuomintang and proclaimed the establishment of the PRC under the leadership of Mao Zedong in October 1949. Since then, the CCP has governed China and has had sole control over the People's Liberation Army (PLA). As of 2024( the CCP has more [...] As a Marxist–Leninist party, the Chinese Communist Party is organized based on democratic centralism, a principle that entails open policy discussion on the condition of unity among party members in upholding the agreed-upon decision. The highest body of the CCP is the National Congress, convened every fifth year. When the National Congress is not in session, the Central Committee is the highest body, but since that body usually only meets once a year, most duties and responsibilities are [...] | Communist Party of China 中国共产党 _Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng_ | | --- | | Image 5 | | Abbreviation | CCP (common) CPC (official) | | General Secretary | Xi Jinping | | Standing Committee | Xi Jinping Li Qiang Zhao Leji Wang Huning Cai Qi Ding Xuexiang Li Xi "Li Xi (politician)") |

• The Chinese Communist Party

  The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the founding and ruling political party of modern China, officially known as the People’s Republic of China. The CCP has maintained a political monopoly since Mao Zedong founded the People’s Republic in 1949, and it has overseen the country’s rapid economic growth and rise as a global power. More From Our Experts Joshua Kurlantzick Renowned Academic Paul Chambers Flees Thailand: Does Bangkok Really Get What it Wants? Michael Froman [...] The CCP has had a monopoly on power since the Mao Zedong–led party defeated nationalist rivals and founded the People’s Republic in 1949. It has more than ninety million members. Since 2012, leader Xi Jinping has consolidated control over the party, restored its central role in society, and asserted China’s global power. He will likely get a third term during the party congress in 2022. [...] The CCP’s Origins and Membership -------------------------------- Inspired by the Russian Revolution, the CCP was founded in 1921 on the principles of Marxism-Leninism. Tensions between the Communist party and the nationalist Kuomintang, its primary rival, erupted into a civil war won by the Communists in 1949. Despite market reforms in the late 1970s, the modern Chinese state remains a Leninist system, like those of Cuba, North Korea, and Laos. More on: China Asia Politics and Government

• Chinese Communist Party (CCP) | History & Party Structure

  Show more Show less Chinese Communist Party (CCP), political party of China. Since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the CCP has been in sole control of that country’s government. History ------- Founding, early years, and civil war (1921–49) ---------------------------------------------- [...] The CCP was founded as both a political party and a revolutionary movement in 1921 by revolutionaries such as Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu. Those two men and others had come out of the May Fourth Movement (1919) and had turned to Marxism after the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the turmoil of 1920s China CCP members such as Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, and Li Lisan began organizing labor unions in the cities. The CCP joined with the Nationalist Party in 1924, and the alliance [...] Party structure --------------- With more than 85 million members, the CCP is one of the largest political parties in the world. It is a monolithic, monopolistic party that dominates the political life of China. It is the major policy-making body in China, and it sees that the central, provincial, and local organs of government carry out those policies.

• The Chinese Revolution of 1949 - Office of the Historian

  The Chinese Communist Party, founded in 1921 in Shanghai, originally existed as a study group working within the confines of the First United Front with the Nationalist Party. Chinese Communists joined with the Nationalist Army in the Northern Expedition of 1926–27 to rid the nation of the warlords that prevented the formation of a strong central government. This collaboration lasted until the “White Terror” of 1927, when the Nationalists turned on the Communists, killing them or purging them

• Party Constitution

  Communist Party of China. Under the guidance of Mao Zedong Thought, the Communist Party of China led the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in the long revolutionary struggle against imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism, securing victory in the new democratic revolution and founding the People’s Republic of China, a people’s democratic dictatorship. After the founding of the People’s Republic, the Communist Party of China successfully led the people in carrying out socialist [...] The Communist Party of China shall lead the people in developing advanced socialist culture. It shall promote socialist cultural-ethical progress, ensure the practice of the rule of law in combination with the rule of virtue, and work to strengthen the thinking and morality as well as the knowledge of science and culture of the whole nation to provide powerful ideological guarantees, motivation, and intellectual support for reform, opening up, and socialist modernization, and develop a strong [...] The Communist Party of China shall lead the people in developing socialist democracy. It shall preserve the organic unity of Party leadership, the running of the country by the people, and law-based governance, follow the Chinese socialist path of political development, expand socialist democracy, develop a socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics, and build a socialist rule of law country, thereby consolidating the people’s democratic dictatorship and developing a socialist