The 11th Central Committee was elected at the 11th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party on 15 January 2021, and is composed of 71 ordinary members and ten substitutes.
[1] As an institution, the Central Committee is the party's highest decision-making body between convocations of the National Congress, which convenes every fifth year.
In between plenary sessions of the 11th Central Committee the 11th Politburo, is the party's highest decision-making body.
"[2] Assistant Professor Simon Creak noted that the 11th Central Committee is the first elected leadership body not dominated by the revolutionary generation.
[6] The former espouse more modern values, such as party discipline and socialist state-building Creak contends.