20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

20th Central Committee 中国共产党第二十届中央委员会
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Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party
22 October 2022 – present Overview
Type	Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Election	20th Congress
Leadership
General Secretary	Xi Jinping
Politburo Standing Committee	7 members
Politburo	24 members
Secretariat	7 members
Members
Total	205 members
Alternates
Total	171 alternates
Apparatus
Head of General Office	Cai Qi
No. of departments	4 departments
Charter
Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party

The 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (20th CC), officially the Central Committee of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, comprises 205 members and 171 alternates. It was elected at the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s 20th National Congress on 22 October 2022, and its term lasts until the election of the 21st Central Committee at the 21st National Congress, which is planned for 2027. The Central Committee is the party's highest decision-making body in a given period, is not a permanent body, and convenes for an unspecified number of times.

In between sessions of the 20th CC, its powers and responsibilities are delegated to the Politburo, the Politburo Standing Committee and the Central Military Commission (CMC). At its 1st Plenary Session on 22 October, the CC elected the Politburo, Politburo Standing Committee and the CMC. It also endorsed the Politburo Standing Committee's nominees for members of the Secretariat, approved of the composition 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and its Standing Committee and approved the elections of the CCDI secretary and CCDI deputy secretaries.