Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary

In the People's Republic of China, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (simplified Chinese: 党委副书记; traditional Chinese: 黨委副書記; pinyin: dǎngwěi fùshūjì; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, and thus the deputy leader of the party committee, ranked immediately after the party chief. The term is also use for leadership positions of CCP organizations in state-owned enterprises, private companies, foreign-owned companies, universities, hospitals, as well as other institutions of the state.

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