China’s Political System in Charts: A Snapshot Before the 20th Party Congress

This report provides a visual representation of China’s leading political institutions and current leaders in the form of 16 CRS-created organization charts and accompanying explanatory text. The charts present China’s political system as it emerged from the Communist Party of China’s (CPC’s) 19th Congress in October 2017 and the First Session of China’s 13th National People’s Congress in March