Zhongnanhai

Zhongnanhai is a former imperial garden in the Imperial City, Beijing, adjacent to the Forbidden City; it serves as the central headquarters for the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council of China. Zhongnanhai houses the office of the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Premier of the People's Republic of China. The term Zhongnanhai is closely linked with the central government and senior CCP officials. It is often used as a metonym for the Chinese leadership at large.

The state leaders, including Xi Jinping, current general secretary of the CCP, and other top CCP and PRC leadership figures carry out many of their day-to-day administrative activities inside the compound, such as meetings with foreign dignitaries. China Central Television frequently shows footage of meetings inside the compound, but limits its coverage largely to views of the interior of buildings.