ABSTRACT
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership is a foundational rule in the Chinese polity. The CCP claims to be the sole representative of the people and the CCP’s interest identifies with that of the people. The Political-Legal Committee (PLC) exercises the leadership role in the political-legal system. The PLC has grown into a gigantic organization within the CCP and exists at each level of the CCP Committee. The Central PLC (CPLC) in Beijing is the headquarters of the political-legal system. The PLC oversees a wide range of institutions and has broad oversight responsibilities. The CPLC, for example, owns Legal Daily and controls the China Law Society, and through this, the entire legal academy. The first role of the CPLC is policy-making, which is defined as “assisting the CCP Central in formulating directives and policies on political-legal work” and “planning the overall political-legal work within a certain period of time.”
