Vice President of the People's Republic of China | |
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中华人民共和国副主席 | |
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since 10 March 2023 | |
Style | Mr Vice President (副主席) (informal) His Excellency (阁下) (diplomatic) |
Type | Deputy state representative |
Status | Sub-national leader level official |
Residence | Zhongnanhai |
Seat | Zhongnanhai West Building, Beijing[1] |
Nominator | Presidium of the National People's Congress |
Appointer | National People's Congress |
Term length | Five years, renewable |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of the People's Republic of China |
Inaugural holder | Li Yuanhong (Republican era) Zhu De (current form) |
Formation | 1 January 1912 27 September 1954 (current form) | (Republican era)
Abolished | Between 1975 and 1982 |
Unofficial names | State Vice Chairman |
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Simplified Chinese | 中华人民共和国副主席 | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 国家副主席 | ||||||
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The vice president of China, officially titled the vice president of the People's Republic of China, is the deputy to the president of the People's Republic of China, the state representative of China.
The office originated in the Republican era when Li Yuanhong held the post of the first Vice President of China. This post in its current form was first established in the Constitution in 1954, with the official English-language translation of "state vice chairman". The post of vice chairman was abolished under the Constitution of 1975 together with the chairman, then reinstated in the Constitution of 1982. Since 1982, the title's official English-language translation has been "vice president", although the Chinese title remains unchanged. The new constitution stipulated that the vice president could not serve more than two consecutive terms; the term limits were removed in 2018.
Under the current constitution, the president serves at the pleasure of the National People's Congress (NPC), the legislature. According to the constitution, the principal duty of the vice president is assisting the president in their duties. The vice president also assumes the presidency in case the office becomes vacant until a new president is elected by the NPC. The incumbent vice president of China is Han Zheng, who took office in 10 March 2023.