The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China is the permanent body of the National People's Congress (NPC) of the People's Republic of China. Both the NPC and the NPCSC exercise the legislative power of the state. It is led by a Chairman, mainland China's top legislator, who is conventionally ranked third in Mainland China's political ranking system, after the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the Premier of the People's Republic of China. The current Chairman is Li Zhanshu.