Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
The secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection is the head of the aforementioned body. The office is a leading political position, and the officeholder has been a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, the highest decision-making body of the Chinese Communist Party, since 19 September 1997. The current secretary is Li Xi, who was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 20th [Central Commission for Discipline Inspection] on 23 October 2022 and approved by the 20th [Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|20th Central Committee] on the same day. The role is roughly analogous to that of the chairman of the Central Control Commission in other communist countries.
An ad-hoc Central Control Committee was established by the 7th National Congress in 1945, but the 7th Central Committee never elected it.