19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

The 19th Central Politburo of the Communist Party of China (Chinese: 中国共产党第十九届中央政治局) of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on 25 October 2017. It was nominally preceded by the 18th Politburo of the Communist Party of China.^[1]

Members

Standing Committee members

Rank	Hanzi	Name	Yob	Office
1	习近平	Xi Jinping	1953	General Secretary, Central Committee Chairman, Central Military Commission President of the People's Republic of China Chairman, National Security Commission
2	李克强	Li Keqiang	1955	Premier, State Council Director, Central Institutional Organization Commission Director, National Defense Mobilization Commission Director, National Energy Commission
3	栗战书	Li Zhanshu	1950	Chairman of the National People's Congress
4	汪洋	Wang Yang	1955	Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
5	王沪宁	Wang Huning	1955	First-ranked Secretary of the CPC Central Secretariat Director, Central Policy Research Office
6	赵乐际	Zhao Leji	1957	Secretary, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
7	韩正	Han Zheng	1954	First-ranked Vice-Premier, State Council

All members

In stroke order of surnames apart from PSC members:

Members of the Political Bureau of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
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Name	Hanzi	19th POL	Birth	PM	Birthplace	Education	No. of offices	Ref.
Cai Qi	蔡奇	Old	1955	1975	Fujian	Graduate	Three Party offices First Secretary, Secretariat of the Central Committee Director, General Office of the Central Committee Director, Office of the General Secretary of the Central Committee	^[3]
Chen Jining	陈吉宁	New	1964	1984	Liaoning	Graduate	One Party office Secretary, Shanghai Municipal Party Committee	^[4]
Chen Min'er	陈敏尔	Old	1960	1982	Zhejiang	Graduate	One Party office Secretary, Tianjin Municipal Party Committee	^[5]
Chen Wenqing	陈文清	New	1960	1983	Sichuan	Graduate	One Party office Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission	^[6]
Ding Xuexiang	丁薛祥	Old	1962	1984	Jiangsu	Graduate	One State office First-Ranked Vice Premier of the State Council	^[7]
He Lifeng	何立峰	New	1955	1981	Guangdong	Graduate	Two Party office Director, Office of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission State office Second-Ranked Vice Premier of the State Council	^[8]
He Weidong	何卫东	New	1957	1978	Fujian	Undergraduate	Two Party office Second Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission State office Second Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission	^[9]
Huang Kunming	黄坤明	Old	1956	1976	Fujian	Graduate	One Party office Secretary, Guangdong Provincial Party Committee	^[10]
Li Ganjie	李干杰	New	1964	1984	Hunan	Graduate	One Party office Head, Organization Department of the Central Committee	^[11]
Li Hongzhong	李鸿忠	Old	1956	1976	Shenyang	Graduate	One State office First Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[12]
Li Qiang	李强	Old	1959	1983	Zhejiang	Graduate	Eight Party offices Director, Central Institutional Organisation Commission Deputy Director, Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission Deputy Director, Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission Deputy Director, Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission Deputy Director, Central Foreign Affairs Commission Leader, Central Leading Group for Climate Change and Emissions Reduction Leader, State Council Leading Party Members Group State offices Premier, State Council of the People's Republic of China	^[13]
Li Shulei	李书磊	New	1964	1986	Henan	Graduate	One Party office Head, Publicity Department of the Central Committee	^[14]
Li Xi	李希	Old	1956	1982	Gansu	Graduate	Two Party office Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Director, Central Leading Group for Inspection Work	^[15]
Liu Guozhong	刘国中	New	1962	1986	Heilongjiang	Graduate	One State office Fourth-Ranked Vice Premier of the State Council	^[16]
Ma Xingrui	马兴瑞	New	1959	1988	Heilongjiang	Graduate	One Party office Secretary, Xinjiang Provincial Party Committee	^[17]
Shi Taifeng	石泰峰	New	1956	1982	Shanxi	Graduate	Two Party office Head, United Front Work Department of the Central Committee Organisational office Vice Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	^[18]
Wang Huning	王沪宁	Old	1955	1984	Shanghai	Graduate	One Organisational office Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	^[19]
Wang Yi	王毅	New	1953	1981	Beijing	Graduate	Two Party office Director, Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission State office Minister of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China	^[20]
Xi Jinping	习近平	Old	1953	1974	Beijing	Graduate	Eleven Party offices General Secretary, Central Committee Chairman, National Security Commission of the Central Committee Chairman, Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission of the Central Committee Head, Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs of the Central Committee Head, Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Work of the Central Committee Head, Central Leading Group for Network Security and Information Technology of the Central Committee Military offices Chairman, Central Military Commission Commander-in-chief, Joint Operations Command Center of the Central Military Commission of the People's Liberation Army Head, Leading Group for National Defence and Military Reform of the Central Military Commission Head, Office of the Central Integrated Military-Civilian Development Committee State offices President of the People's Republic of China	^[21]
Yin Li	尹力	New	1962	1980	Shandong	Graduate	One Party office Secretary, Beijing City Party Committee	^[22]
Yuan Jiajun	袁家军	New	1962	1992	Jilin	Graduate	One Party office Secretary, Chongqing Municipal Party Committee	^[23]
Zhang Guoqing	张国清	New	1964	1984	Henan	Graduate	One State office Third-Ranked Vice Premier of the State Council	^[24]
Zhang Youxia	张又侠	Old	1950	1969	Beijing	Graduate	Two Party office First Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission State office First Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission	^[25]
Zhao Leji	赵乐际	Old	1957	1975	Shandong	Graduate	One State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[26]

Keys

Abbreviations
IDUCC	Institutions Directly Under the Central Committee
K	Keys
CIM	Central institution membership, which in this instance means membership in the PSC, PB, ST and CMC
PSC	Standing Committee of the Political Bureau
PB	Political Bureau
ST	Secretariat
CMC	Central Military Commission
SC–CCDI	Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
CCDI	Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
CPPCC	Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
NL	National Leader
DNL	Deputy National Leader
PM	Provincial-Ministerial
SPM	Sub-provincial (vice-ministerial)
DE	Department-prefecture level
Adm.	Admiral
V-Adm.	Vice-Admiral
Gen.	General
Lt. Gen.	Lieutenant General
Maj. Gen.	Major General
Keys
♀	Indicates that the individual is female.
↑	Indicates that the individual was elevated from alternate to full member
♮	Indicates that the individual was expelled from the Communist Party after CCDI investigation.
₪	Indicates that the individual is currently under investigation by the CCDI.
∞	Indicates that the individual is retired from active political positions^{[note 1]}
§	Indicates that the individual is military personnel.
↔	Indicates that the individual is military personnel and has retired from active military service.
Note	If two keys are used in the same column it indicates that the individual is both of something. For instance, "♀§" indicates that the individual is female (♀) and military personnel (§).

Notes

^ "Active" political positions refer to the offices of Governor and provincial-level Party Secretary; often, an individual is considered retired when they relinquish either of those offices due to age, and are assigned some kind of committee membership in the National People's Congress.

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[27] "Active" political positions refer to the offices of Governor and provincial-level Party Secretary; often, an individual is considered retired when they relinquish either of those offices due to age, and are assigned some kind of committee membership in the National People's Congress.

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[note 1]

v t e 19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2017–2022)
Standing Committee	Xi Jinping (General Secretary) Li Keqiang Li Zhanshu Wang Yang Wang Huning Zhao Leji Han Zheng
Other members in surname stroke order	Ding Xuexiang Wang Chen Liu He Xu Qiliang Sun Chunlan ♀ Li Xi Li Qiang Li Hongzhong Yang Jiechi Yang Xiaodu Zhang Youxia Chen Xi Chen Quanguo Chen Min'er Hu Chunhua Guo Shengkun Huang Kunming Cai Qi
7th→8th→9th→10th→11th→12th→13th→14th→15th→16th→17th→18th→19th→20th