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The party's central focus of power is the Politburo Standing Committee.

The process for selecting Standing Committee members, as well as Politburo members, occurs behind the scenes in a process parallel to the National Congress.

The new power structure is announced obliquely through the positioning of portraits in the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Party.

The number of Standing Committee members varies and has tended to increase over time.

The Committee was expanded to nine at the 16th Party National Congress in 2009.