Topic summary
Politburo Standing Committee
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Functions
According to the Party Constitution, the party's Central Committee elects the Politburo Standing Committee during a plenary session. The Party Constitution also stipulates that General Secretary of the Central Committee must also be a member of the PSC. The General Secretary is responsible for convening the meetings of the PSC and decides their agenda. The PSC meets roughly every week, though its meetings are rarely publicized. The membership of the Politburo Standing Committee has ranged from five to nine people, but is currently at seven. All members of the PSC are national-level leaders. As of 2015, Politburo Standing Committee members receive a monthly salary of approximately US$1,833.