Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China | |
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中国共产党中央军事委员会主席 中华人民共和国中央军事委员会主席 | |
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Central Military Commission | |
Style | |
Type | Commander-in-chief |
Status | National leader level official |
Residence | Zhongnanhai |
Seat | "August 1st Building", Beijing |
Nominator | Party Central Committee (party commission) Presidium of the National People's Congress (state commission) |
Appointer | Party Central Committee (party commission) National People's Congress (state commission) |
Term length | Five years, renewable |
Inaugural holder | Zhang Guotao (party commission) Mao Zedong (state commission) |
Formation | December 1925 October 1949 (state commission) | (party commission)
Deputy | Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission |
Website | Chairmanship |
People's Liberation Army |
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Executive departments |
Staff |
Services |
Arms |
Domestic troops |
Special operations force |
Military districts |
History of the Chinese military |
Military ranks of China |
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The chairman of the Central Military Commission (Chinese: 中央军事委员会主席) is the head of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and the commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the People's Armed Police (PAP) and the Militia. The officeholder is additionally vested with the command authority over China's nuclear arsenals.
There are technically two offices with the same name, including the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) CMC and chairman of the People's Republic of China (PRC) CMC. However, under the arrangement of "one institution with two names", they function as one office.[1] The officeholder is usually the CCP general secretary.
According to both the CCP constitution and the state constitution, the chairman assumes overall responsibility over the work of the CMC.[2][3] The office confers military ranks, though regulations stipulate that no military rank shall be conferred on the chairman themselves.[4]