The "leadership collective" at any one time usually, but not always, correlates with the members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, with the leader of the party (the Chairman or, after 1982, the General Secretary) often, but not always, the leader of this leadership collective. +Generations of Chinese Leadership GenerationParamount LeaderStartEndTheoryFirstMao Zedong19491976Mao Zedong ThoughtSecondDeng Xiaoping19761992Deng Xiaoping TheoryThirdJiang Zemin19922002Three RepresentsFourthHu Jintao20022012Scientific Outlook on DevelopmentFifthXi Jinping2012Xi Jinping Thought
The "leadership collective" at any one time usually, but not always, correlates with the members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, with the leader of the party (the Chairman or, after 1982, the General Secretary) often, but not always, the leader of this leadership collective. +Generations of Chinese Leadership GenerationParamount LeaderStartEndTheoryFirstMao ZedongHua Guofeng19491978Mao Zedong ThoughtSecondDeng Xiaoping19781992Deng Xiaoping TheoryThirdJiang Zemin19922002Three RepresentsFourthHu Jintao20022012Scientific Outlook on DevelopmentFifthXi Jinping2012Xi Jinping Thought
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