The secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the head of the aforementioned body. The office is a leading political position, and the officeholder has been a member of the
Politburo Standing Committee, the highest decision-making body of the
Chinese Communist Party
The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...
, since 19 September 1997. The current secretary is
Li Xi, who was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the
20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
The 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) was elected at the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party on 22 October 2022. At its 1st Plenary Session, the Centra ...
on 23 October 2022 and approved by the
20th Central Committee on the same day. The role is roughly analogous to that of the Chairman of the
Central Control Commission in other communist countries.
An
ad-hoc Central Control Committee was established by the
7th National Congress in 1945, but the
7th Central Committee never elected it.
Titles
Officeholders
See also
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Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
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Secretary General of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
References
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Deputy national-level official