Zhongnanhai
Zhongnanhai () is a compound which houses the offices of and serves as a residence for the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the State Council. It is a former imperial garden, and located adjacent to the Forbidden City in Beijing. The term "Zhongnanhai" is often used as a metonym for China's central government and its leadership at large.
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Article
33 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- In contemporary times
- Internal layout
- Central Sea
- Regent Palace
- West Flower Hall
- Premier's Office
- Fourth Conference Room
- Ziguang Hall
- Tennis Court
- Indoor Pool
- Poolside House
- Yanqing House
- Wan Shan Temple
- Water Clouds Pavilion
- Southern Sea
- Huairen Hall
- Qinzheng Hall
- Benevolence Hall
- Four Blessing Halls
- West Building Compound
- Garden of Abundant Beneficence
- Shuqingyuan Pavilion
- Building 202
- Western Four Houses
- Wanzi Gallery
- Yingtai Island
- Xinhua Gate
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Zhongnanhai () is a compound which houses the offices of and serves as a residence for the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the State Council. It is a former imperial garden, and located adjacent to the Forbidden City in Beijing. The term "Zhongnanhai" is often used as a metonym for China's central government and its leadership at large.
The party and state leaders, including the general secretary of the CCP as well as the paramount leader, and other top party and state leadership figures carry out many of their day-to-day administrative activities inside the compound, such as meetings with foreign dignitaries. China Central Television (CCTV) frequently shows footage of meetings inside the compound, but limits its coverage largely to views of the interior of buildings. Though numerous maps of the complex exist from before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the interior layout of Zhongnanhai has been altered significantly since then, including a wave of major renovations in the 1970s. Today many buildings share the names of older, pre-PRC structures, but have completely changed in layout and purpose. The complex is divided into two main sections, reflecting the parallel authority of the highest level of state and party institutions in the country. Northern Zhongnanhai is used as the headquarters of the State Council and includes the offices of its senior most leaders as well as its principal meeting rooms. Southern Zhongnanhai is the headquarters of the CCP Central Committee, including its staff and its highest level coordinating institutions, such as the Standing Committee, Politburo and Secretariat.