Central Party School of the Communist Party of China


The Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, also known as the Central Party School, is the higher education institution which specifically trains officials for the Communist Party of China. As of 2012, it has around 1,600 students. The current president is Chen Xi, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China.

History

The Party School was established as the CPC Central Committee's Marx School of Communism in Ruijin, Jiangxi in 1933. It folded when the Red Army left on the Long March and was revived again once the CPC leadership had arrived and settled in Shaanxi, northwest China, in the winter of 1936. It was then renamed the Central Party School. The School was suspended in 1947 when the CPC retreated from Yan'an. It was re-opened in 1948 in a village in Pingshan County, Hebei province, before being moved to Beijing after the Communists captured the city in 1949.
In 1955 the school was re-organized so that it came directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Then in 1966 the school was abolished during the Cultural Revolution, before being duly restored in 1977. Since 1989 the school has been headed by the top-ranked Secretary of the Secretariat, who is concurrently a member of the Politburo Standing Committee. In practice the day-to-day affairs of the school is managed by the executive vice president, who is generally regarded to have the same ranking as a cabinet minister.
The school is, as of 2012, allowed to grant master's degrees in 14 subject areas and doctorate degrees in eight subject areas.

Location

The location of the school is now in Haidian district, Beijing close to the Old Summer Palace and Summer Palace. 100 Dayouzhuang Street, Haidian district, Beijing.

Publications

The Central Party School publishes the Study Times, which provides an explanation of the relationships between the Central Committee's directives and the underlying political theory.

Presidents

  1. Li Weihan : 1933–1935
  2. Dong Biwu : 1935–1937
  3. Li Weihan : 1937–1938
  4. Kang Sheng : 1938–1939
  5. Deng Fa : 1939–1942
  6. Mao Zedong: 1942–1947
  7. Liu Shaoqi : 1948–1953
  8. Kai Feng : 1953–1954
  9. Li Zhuoran : 1954–1955
  10. Yang Xianzhen : 1955–1961
  11. Wang Congwu : 1961–1963
  12. Lin Feng : 1963–1966
  13. Hua Guofeng : 1977–1982
  14. Wang Zhen : 1982–1987
  15. Gao Yang : 1987–1989
  16. Qiao Shi : 1989–1993
  17. Hu Jintao : 1993–2002
  18. Zeng Qinghong : 2002–2007
  19. Xi Jinping : 2007–2013
  20. Liu Yunshan : 2013–2017
  21. Chen Xi : 2017-