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China

China

PartialSovereign state

China

Primary executive

Complete
Xi Jinping
OriginalPrime Minister Keir Starmer visits China · Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street · CC BY · Original

Xi Jinping

Head of state Active

President of the People's Republic of China · Principal · De jure

Head of government

Li Qiang
OriginalYouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h2AiO_pDXI – View/save archived versions on archive.org · China News Service · CC BY · Original

Li Qiang

Head of government Active

Premier of the State Council · Principal

Editorial profile v1

Verified country brief

Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.

completeAug 10, 2026
Executive system
Other · One primary executive function
Dominant executive office
Head of state
Why this office is primary
China is a socialist republic in which the Communist Party of China exercises political leadership. The president is head of state, while the premier directs the State Council; Xi Jinping also holds the leading party and military offices and is the dominant national officeholder.

Current policy issues

  1. 1High-quality growth and domestic demandState Council — Report on the Work of the Government 2026
  2. 2Technological self-reliance and industrial upgradingState Council — Report on the Work of the Government 2026, State Council — China approves 15th Five-Year Plan
  3. 3Employment and living standardsState Council — Report on the Work of the Government 2026
  4. 4Green transition and environmental qualityState Council — Plan for advancing the Beautiful China initiative, State Council — China approves 15th Five-Year Plan

Indexed party landscape

Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.

Partial
Tracked parties
88
Active in source
2
Historical in source
2
parties shown
88
Founded
Jul 23, 1921
Ideology
communism, socialist patriotism, Deng Xiaoping Theory, Theory of Three Represents, socialism with Chinese characteristics, Scientific Outlook on Development, Chinese unification, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era
Party leadership
Xi Jinping, Xi Jinping
ActiveWikidataOpen profile
More parties (76)

Administration

Partial

State Council of the People's Republic of China

Current

Aug 9, 2026 · 0 Party

Legislature

Partial

Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

National People's Congress

Elections

Partial

2012 Hong Kong legislative election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 9, 2012

Completed

2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 9, 2012

Completed

Sep 9, 2012

Completed

2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 9, 2012

Completed

2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 9, 2012

Completed

Sep 9, 2012

Completed

2009 Macanese legislative election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 20, 2009

Completed

2008 Hong Kong legislative election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 7, 2008

Completed

2008 Chinese presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state

Mar 15, 2008

Completed

2005 Macanese legislative election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 25, 2005

Completed

Candidates

Partial

Sources

11

  1. 1National People's Congress — Constitution of the People's Republic of Chinacitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  2. 2State Council — China's Political Party System: Cooperation and Consultationcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  3. 3State Council — Xi Jinping unanimously elected Chinese president, PRC CMC chairmancitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  4. 4State Council — Li Qiang endorsed as Chinese premiercitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  5. 5Xinhua — 2,977 deputies elected to 14th NPCcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  6. 6State Council — Report on the Work of the Government 2026citation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  7. 7State Council — China approves 15th Five-Year Plancitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  8. 8State Council — Plan for advancing the Beautiful China initiativecitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  9. 9WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  10. 10Wikimedia CommonsPER-FILE · Aug 9, 2026
  11. 11Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Political world map

Eastern Asia

North Korea. Primary executive: Kim Jong-un. PartialSouth Korea. Primary executive: Lee Jae Myung. PartialMongolia. Primary executive: Uchral Nyam-Osor. Head of state: Khurelsukh Ukhnaa. PartialChina. Primary executive: Xi Jinping. PartialTaiwan. Primary executive: —. PartialJapan. Primary executive: Sanae Takaichi. Head of state: Naruhito. Partial
ChinaPrimary executive: Xi JinpingPartial
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Listed without map geometry (2)

Boundaries and names shown on this map do not imply a position by CiviOrg. Small territories without geometry remain available in the index.