The vice chairpersons of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) are deputies to the

chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is the leader of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which is a political advisory body in th ...

. The official responsibility of the vice chairpersons is to assist the CPPCC chairman with the leadership of the CPPCC Standing Committee. The vice chairpersons are officially nominated within the CPPCC National Committee and approved by a plenary session of the National Committee. The vice chairpersons are members of the Standing Committee of the National Committee, which handles the regular affairs of the body, and members of the Chairperson's Council, which handles the day-to-day affairs of the Standing Committee. The

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(UFWD) of the

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(CCP) has generally served as the first-ranking vice chairperson. The other vice chairpersons have generally included the president of the

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, former

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and

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, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, president of the

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, and at least one chairperson of one of the eight legally permitted political parties in China.

History

News reports have suggested that the position of CPPCC Vice Chairperson, as a state-level post with a retirement age of 70, has been used as a device to extend the services of valued officials beyond the typical retirement age for their position. The appointment of

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Governor

Zhou Xiaochuan Zhou Xiaochuan (; born 29 January 1948) is a Chinese economist. Zhou served as the governor of the People's Bank of China from 2002 to 2018. Zhou previously served as vice governor of the People's Bank of China, director of the State Adminis ...

as a vice chairperson in 2013 was said to be for this purpose.

History

List of officeholders

Further reading

References

See also