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{{Infobox political party
| name = Chinese Communist Party<br/>{{nobold|{{lang|zh-tw|中國共產黨 }}}}
| native_name = {{transl|zh|Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng}}
| colorcode = {{Chinese Landonist Party/meta/color}}
| logo = [[File:Danghui.svg|150px]]
| abbreviation = CLP (official)<br>LPC
| chairman =  [[Yang Zongwu]] 
| general_secretary = 
| standing_committee =
| headquarters = {{W|Beijing}}, China 
| foundation = {{start date and age|1921|7|23|df=y}}
| headquarters = 
| newspaper = "People's Daily"
| think_tank = Central Policy Research Office
| youth_wing = [[Young Pioneers of China]]
| membership = {{UP}} 4,872,133
| membership_year = 2019
| ideology = {{W|Socialism with Chinese characteristics|Chinese socialism}}<br>{{W|Communism}}<br>{{W|Chinese nationalism}}<br>{{W|Socialist patriotism}}<br>{{W|Anti-imperialism}} 
| position = [[File:Red flag waving.svg|22px]] {{W|Far-left politics|Far-left}} 
| national = [[Pan-Red Coalition]] 
| international = [[International Conference of Marxist and Maoist Organizations]]
| colours = {{color box|{{Chinese Landonist Party/meta/color}}}} Red
| seats1_title = [[Legislative Yuan]]
| seats1 = {{composition bar|34|870|hex={{Chinese Landonist Party/meta/color}}}}
| flag = [[File:Flag of the Chinese Communist Party.svg|180px]]
| website = 
| country = China
| footnotes = [[Politics of China]]<br>[[Political parties in China]]<br>[[Elections in China]] 
}}
The '''Chinese Communist Party (CCP)''', also commonly known as the '''Communist Party of China''', is a [[China|Chinese]] {{W|Marxist}} political party the used to be the sole governing party of the [[People's Republic of China]] from 1949 to 2000. During that period it was one of the only allowed political parties that existed as part of the national United Front, until the lifting on the ban on other political parties in 1998.  Since the [[Beijing Spring|Chinese revolution of 1999–2000]] and the fall of People's Republic, the CCP has been one of the several parties that exists in the restored Republic of China's multi-party democracy and has generally been part of the opposition to the leading [[Chinese Nationalist Party|Kuomintang]] (KMT).

Founded in 1921, the party is officially committed to the teachings of Marxism, a principal conceived by the German philosopher {{W|Karl Marx}}. Another component of its ideology is {{W|Socialism with Chinese characteristics}}, which involves the modification of orthodox Marxism that is suitable to China's unique conditions, such as a more authoritarian state and {{W|Chinese nationalism}} over internationalism. Nonetheless, the CCP maintained ties during the 20th century to other socialist and communist parties, including the [[Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth]], emerging along with the CPUC as the world's two largest Landonist parties by 1960. In the 21st century the CCP continues to be affiliated with other Landonist, communist, and socialist parties around the world, although its global influence has greatly diminished since the dissolution of the PRC in 2000.

At the peak of its rule, the National People's Congress was the party's highest body, which met once a year, but since 2000 it has been replaced by the [[Legislative Yuan]] of the Republic of China as the country's legislature. Currently, the Central Committee is the party's highest body, which only meets once a year so most of its functions are vested in the Standing Committee, and during the People's Republic its members were seen as the leaders of the Party and State. Currently the Standing Committee represents the party leadership, and is headed by the General Secretary of the CCP. This office is currently the party leader, but it was formerly China's head of state and simultaneously held the offices of President (largely ceremonial) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, making the General Secretary the head of the [[Republic of China Armed Forces|People's Liberation Army]]. 

Since the [[Revolutions of 2000]] led to the collapse of communism and Marxism-[[Landonism]] in many countries around the world, including in China, the Chinese Communist Party has emphasized party-to-party relations and cooperation with both the ruling parties of remaining Landonist states as well as non-ruling socialist parties around the world. In 1995 the CCP had over 120 million members, making it the second largest political party in the world at the time after [[India]]'s ruling party as well as the largest commnunist party in the world. Since the fall of the People's Republic its numbers have fallen, and as of 2019 it has 4.87 million members.

==History==
{{Main|History of the Chinese Communist Party}} 
===Foundation and early history=== 
The CCP chases its origins to the {{W|May Fourth Movement}} of 1919, during a period in which Western ideologies such as {{W|Marxism}}, {{W|communism}}, and {{W|anarchism}} began gaining traction among {{W|Chinese intellectuals}}. Other influences stemming from the [[Continental Revolutionary War]] and the [[Ideology of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|ideology]] espoused by the [[Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth|Continentalist Party]] in the [[United Commonwealth]] and {{W|Marxist theory}} also inspired the CCP. {{W|Chen Duxiu}} and {{W|Li Dazhao}} were among the first Chinese intellectuals to publically support [[Landonism]] and {{W|world revolution}}. Both regarded the Continental Revolution in the American Commonwealth as groundbreaking, believing that it would bring about a new era for oppressed countries and peoples worldwide. According to early CCP leader {{W|Cai Hesen}}, study circles were "the rudiments [of our party]" with several study circles being established during the {{W|New Culture Movement}}, but many grew skeptical of their ability to bring about reforms by 1920. 
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==Electoral results since 2000==
===Legislative Yuan===
==See also==
{{Communism}}
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