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Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

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The Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (Simplified Chinese: 中共中央党校) in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China...

, also known as the Central Party School, is the highest institution to train officials of the Communist Party of China
Communist Party of China
The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and the ruling political party of the People's Republic of China and the world's largest political party...

. As of October 03, 2007, it has about 1,300 students. The current president is Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping is a senior leader of the People's Republic of China. He currently serves as the country's Vice President, the top-ranking member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China, Principal of the Central Party School, and the 6th ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee,...

.

The Party School was established as the CCP Central Committee's Marx School of Communism (中共中央马克思共产主义学校) in Ruijin
Ruijin
Ruijin is a county-level city of Ganzhou in the mountains bordering Fujian Province in south-eastern Jiangxi.The name derives from the ancient God, Rui Jin. It is most famous as one of the earliest centers of Chinese communist activity...

, Jiangxi
Jiangxi
' is a southern province of the People's Republic of China, spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south....

 in 1933.
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The Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (Simplified Chinese: 中共中央党校) in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China...

, also known as the Central Party School, is the highest institution to train officials of the Communist Party of China
Communist Party of China
The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and the ruling political party of the People's Republic of China and the world's largest political party...

. As of October 03, 2007, it has about 1,300 students. The current president is Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping is a senior leader of the People's Republic of China. He currently serves as the country's Vice President, the top-ranking member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China, Principal of the Central Party School, and the 6th ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee,...

.

History


The Party School was established as the CCP Central Committee's Marx School of Communism (中共中央马克思共产主义学校) in Ruijin
Ruijin
Ruijin is a county-level city of Ganzhou in the mountains bordering Fujian Province in south-eastern Jiangxi.The name derives from the ancient God, Rui Jin. It is most famous as one of the earliest centers of Chinese communist activity...

, Jiangxi
Jiangxi
' is a southern province of the People's Republic of China, spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south....

 in 1933. It folded when the Red Army left on the Long March and was revived again once the CCP leadership had arrived and settled in Shaanxi, northwest China, in the winter of 1936. It was now renamed the Central Party School. The School was suspended in 1947 when the CPC retreated from Yan'an. It was re-opened in 1948.

Presidents

  1. Li Weihan
    Li Weihan
    Li Weihan was a Chinese Communist politician who was the first principal of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the highest training center for party workers and leaders. Weihan served as principal from 1933 to 1935 and again from 1937 to 1938.-External...

     (李维汉): 1933-1935
  2. Dong Biwu
    Dong Biwu
    Dong Biwu was a Chinese communist political leader during the regime of Mao Zedong.-Biography:...

     (董必武): 1935-1937
  3. Li Weihan
    Li Weihan
    Li Weihan was a Chinese Communist politician who was the first principal of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the highest training center for party workers and leaders. Weihan served as principal from 1933 to 1935 and again from 1937 to 1938.-External...

     (李维汉): 1937-1938
  4. Kang Sheng
    Kang Sheng
    Kang Sheng , Communist Party of China official, was the head of the People's Republic of China's security and intelligence apparatus at various points until his death, and was posthumously accused of sharing responsibility for the Cultural Revolution...

     (康生): 1938-1939
  5. Deng Fa
    Deng Fa
    Deng Fa was a Chinese Communist politician who was the fifth president of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the highest training center for party workers and leaders. Deng served as principal from 1939 to 1942.-External links:*...

     (邓发): 1939-1942
  6. Mao Zedong
    Mao Zedong
    Mao Zedong was a Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and Communist leader. He led the People's Republic of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976...

    : 1942-1947
  7. Liu Shaoqi
    Liu Shaoqi
    Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China...

     (刘少奇): 1948-1953
  8. Kai Feng
    Kai Feng
    Kai Feng was a Chinese Communist politician who was the eighth president of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the highest training center for party workers and leaders. Kai served as president from 1953 to 1954....

     (凯丰): 1953-1954
  9. Li Zhuoran
    Li Zhuoran
    Li Zhuoran was a Chinese Communist politician who was the ninth president of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the highest training center for party workers and leaders. Li Zhouran served as president from 1954 to 1955.-External links:*...

     (李卓然): 1954-1955
  10. Yang Xianzhen
    Yang Xianzhen
    Yang Xianzhen was a Chinese Communist politician who was the tenth president of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the highest training center for party workers and leaders. Yang served as president from 1955 to 1961.-External links:**Yang Xianzhen Yang...

     (杨献珍): 1955-1961
  11. Wang Congwu
    Wang Congwu
    Wang Congwu was a Chinese Communist politician who was the eleventh president of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the highest training center for party workers and leaders. Wang served as president from 1961 to 1963.-External links:**...

     (王从吾): 1961-1963
  12. Lin Feng (林枫): 1963-1966
  13. Hua Guofeng
    Hua Guofeng
    Su Zhu , better known by the nom de guerre Hua Guofeng , was Mao Zedong's designated successor as the paramount leader of the Communist Party of China and the People's Republic of China. Upon Zhou Enlai's death in 1976, he succeeded him as Premier of the People's Republic of China...

     (华国锋): 1977-1982
  14. Wang Zhen
    Wang Zhen
    Wang Zhen was a Chinese political figure and one of the Eight Immortals of the Communist Party of China.-Early years:Like most Chinese communist leaders, Wang was a commander in his early years...

     (王震): 1982-1987
  15. Gao Yang
    Gao Yang
    Gao Yang may refer to:* Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi, named Gao Yang* Gao Yang , former President of the CPC Central Party School...

     (高扬): 1987-1989
  16. Qiao Shi
    Qiao Shi
    Qiao Shi is a politician in the People's Republic of China. He was born as Jiang Zhitong , to parents of Dinghai, Zhejiang province ancestry. He is said to be distantly related to Chiang Kai-shek's family and this was the cause for the persecution he suffered during the Cultural Revolution...

     (乔石): 1989-1993
  17. Hu Jintao
    Hu Jintao
    Hu Jintao is currently the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang...

     (胡锦涛): 1993-2002
  18. Zeng Qinghong
    Zeng Qinghong
    Zeng Qinghong was the Vice-President of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2008. He became a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee during the 2002 16th Party Congress...

     (曾庆红): 2002-2007
  19. Xi Jinping
    Xi Jinping
    Xi Jinping is a senior leader of the People's Republic of China. He currently serves as the country's Vice President, the top-ranking member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China, Principal of the Central Party School, and the 6th ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee,...

     (习近平): 2007-incumbent

See also

  • Yan'an Rectification Movement
  • Center of Comparative Studies on Political Parties of the Central Party School

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