The Office of the President of the People's Republic of China is a bureau whose staff is assigned to work directly under, and closely with the

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History

In 1954, the Chairman of the People's Republic of China established a daily office - the General Office of the Chairman of the People's Republic of China. On July 30, 1955, Chairman

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; traditionally Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Mao Tse-tung. (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in ...

appointed

Zhang Jingwu Zhang Jingwu () (September 3, 1906 – October 27, 1971) was a lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army and People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Hunan Province and his birth name was Zhang Renshan (). He and Zhang Guohu ...

as Director of the General Office. Zhang became the only Director of the General Office of the chairman in history. He also served as the Representative of the Central People's Government in Tibet and the First Secretary 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 ...

's Tibet Working Committee. In 1959, after

Liu Shaoqi Liu Shaoqi ( ; 24 November 189812 November 1969) was a Chinese revolutionary and politician. He was the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1954 to 1959, first-ranking Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communis ...

succeeded Mao Zedong as the Chairman of the PRC, Zhang continued to serve as the Director of the General Office. After the outbreak of the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...

, Chairman Liu quickly lost power, and the General Office of the chairman ceased to operate. Zhang Jingwu was subsequently imprisoned in

Qincheng Prison The Ministry of Public Security Qincheng Prison () is a maximum-security prison located in Qincheng Village, Xingshou, Changping District, Beijing in the People's Republic of China. The prison was built in 1958 with aid from the Soviet Union ...

and was persecuted to death in 1971. In 1975, the

National People's Congress The National People's Congress (NPC) is the highest organ of state power of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The NPC is the only branch of government in China, and per the principle of unified power, all state organs from the Sta ...

passed a new constitution, abolished the post of chairman and its office. The 1982 Constitution of the People's Republic of China restored the position of President, but did not grant it any real power. When

Li Xiannian Li Xiannian (; 23 June 1909 – 21 June 1992) was a Chinese Chinese Communist Party, Communist military and political leader, president of China from 1983 to 1988 under paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and then chairman of the Chinese People's Politi ...

and

Yang Shangkun Yang Shangkun (3 August 1907 – 14 September 1998) was a Chinese Chinese Communist Party, Communist military and political leader, president of the People's Republic of China from 1988 to 1993, and one of the Eight Elders that dominated the par ...

served as Chinese Presidents, they did not set up a formal office, only an informal office and secretary. After

Jiang Zemin Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as Chairman of the Central Mil ...

assumed the office of President in 1993, he established the Office of the President of the People's Republic of China. Jia Ting'an, Director of the Office of the CCP General Secretary, concurrently served as the Director of the Office, and was referred to as "Director of the Office of President Jiang Zemin" to the outside world. This title often appeared in official reports of the official media. During Hu Jintao 's tenure as president, Chen Shiju was designated as the Director of the Office of the President.

Directors

; Director of the General Office of the Chairman of the People's Republic of China #

(July 1955–July 1960) ; Director of the Office of the President of the People's Republic of China # Jia Ting'an (1993–2003) # Chen Shiju (2003–2013) #

Ding Xuexiang Ding Xuexiang (born 13 September 1962) is a Chinese politician who is currently the first-ranked vice premier of China and the sixth-ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Considered a close confidan ...

(2013–2022) # Han Shiming (June 2024–)

References

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History

Directors

See also

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