General Secretary of the Communist Party of China

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China 中国共产党中央委员会总书记
Emblem of the Communist Party of China
Incumbent Xi Jinping since 15 November 2012
Style	Comrade (同志)
Type	Party leader
Status	1st in China
Reports to	the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Residence	Zhongnanhai
Seat	Beijing
Appointer	the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Term length	Five Years (no restriction on re-election)
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the Communist Party of China
Precursor	Chairman of the Communist Party of China
Inaugural holder	Chen Duxiu (1925) Hu Yaobang (1982)
Formation	1925 – 1943 September 1982
Unofficial names	Paramount leader
Website	Top Leadership

The General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, officially General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is head of the Communist Party of China and the highest-ranking official within China, a standing member of the Politburo and head of the Secretariat. The officeholder is usually considered the paramount leader of China.

It is considered one of the world's most powerful and influential political figures, leading an emerging superpower with global influence and the world's largest and rapidly growing military force, People's Liberation Army.

According to the Constitution, the General Secretary serves as an ex officio member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's de facto top decision-making body. Since the early 1990s, the holder of the post has been, except for transitional periods, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, making the holder the Supreme Military Command of the People's Liberation Army.