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Wang Huning (Chinese: 王沪宁; born October 6, 1955) is a leading Chinese political theorist since the 1990s and one of the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Since October 2017, he has been a member of the CCP's Politburo Standing Committee (China's top decision-making body) and the first-ranked secretary of the CCP's Secretariat. He also chaired the Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization since November 2017. He previously served as the director of the Central Policy Research Office from 2002 to 2020, the longest tenure of the office.
Widely regarded as the "Grey Eminence" of the CCP, Wang is believed to be the chief ideologue of the Communist Party and principal architect behind the official political ideologies of three paramount leaders since the 1990s: "Three Represents" by Jiang Zemin, the Scientific Development Concept by Hu Jintao, and the Chinese Dream and Xi Jinping Thought of Xi Jinping. He has held significant influence over policy and decision making over all three paramount leaders, a rare feat in Chinese politics. Wang was regarded, along with Wang Qishan, as one of the two primary advisors and decision makers for Xi Jinping.
A former academic, Wang was a professor of International Politics and dean of the law school at Fudan University.
