In modern Chinese political science, the paramount leader ({zh|s=党和国家最高领导人|t=黨和國家最高領導人|p=Dǎng hé guójiā zuìgāo lǐngdǎorén}), literally `the highest leader of the party and the state`, is an informal term that is sometimes used to refer to the most prominent political leader in China at a given point i.....