Proper noun
An area in Xicheng district, Beijing, China housing the government leaders of the People's Republic of China.
(metonymically) The government of the People's Republic of China; the central leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgJournalist Ethan Gutmann wrote that security officers had been expecting them, and corralled the practitioners onto Fuyou Street in front of Zhongnanhai government compound. Source: Internet
On 2 October, the Chinese leadership continued an emergency meeting at Zhongnanhai to discuss whether China should send military aid, and these talks continued until 6 October. Source: Internet
They sat or read quietly on the sidewalks surrounding the Zhongnanhai. Source: Internet
Tianjin and Zhongnanhai protests By the late 1990s, the Communist Party's relationship to the growing Falun Gong movement had become increasingly tense. Source: Internet