central committee

See also: Central Committee

English

Alternative forms

• Central Committee

Noun

central committee (plural central committees)

1. (communism) A standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states.
   • 2021 November 8, Vincent Ni, Helen Davidson, “Summit of political elite opens in China as Xi eyes extraordinary third term”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The four-day, closed-door meeting of the ruling Chinese Communist party (CCP) central committee, known as the sixth plenum, is expected to produce a resolution on the history of the party, which analysts say will shape domestic politics and society for decades to come.

Translations

administrative body

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黨中央／党中央 (zh) (dǎngzhōngyāng), 中央委員會／中央委员会 (zh) (zhōngyāng wěiyuánhuì)

• Finnish: keskuskomitea (fi)
• French: comité central m
• German: Zentralkomitee n
• Korean: 당중앙 (dangjung'ang)
• Vietnamese: Ban Chấp hành Trung ương

Further reading

• central committee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “central committee”, in Collins English Dictionary.