Politburo of the Communist Party of China

Position distribution of the Standing Committee and members of the Politburo of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

by Editor of the US-China Story Collection 

October 30, 2022 -November 1, 2022

[Editor’s note: The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China closed last week, and the Chinese media have begun to announce the specific positions of the newly elected Politburo Standing Committee members and members. For the convenience of readers, we have collected the specific positions of the core members of the Communist Party of China that have been officially announced or circulated on the Internet. Some information is based on the network and cannot be verified. 】

Further reading:

List of Standing Committee Members of the Political Bureau of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and their current positions

American scholar Li Cheng announces the list of “candidates” for the Politburo and Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China

Standing Committee Duties:

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, Chairman of the Military Commission

Li Qiang, Premier of the State Council; Former Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee

Zhao Leji, Chairman of the National People’s Congress; Former Director of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

Wang Huning, Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; former member of the Politburo Standing Committee

Cai Qi, Secretary of the Secretariat; Former Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee

Ding Xuexiang, First Vice Premier of the State Council; Former Director of the Central Office

Li Xi, Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection; former Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee

Politburo member positions (in alphabetical order by surname):

Ma Xingrui (1959): Secretary of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region Party Committee; former Secretary of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region Party Committee

Wang Yi (1953): Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Communist Party of China; former State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs

Yin Li (1962): Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee; former Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee

Shi Taifeng (1956), Minister of the United Front Work Department; former President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Liu Guozhong (1962), Vice Premier of the State Council; Former Secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee

Li Ganjie (1964), head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee; former secretary of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee

Li Shulei (1964), Minister of the Central Propaganda Department; former Executive Vice Minister of the Central Propaganda Department

Li Hongzhong (1956), Vice Chairman of the National People’s Congress; Former Secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee

He Weidong (1957), Vice Chairman of the Military Commission; Former Commander of the Eastern Theater Command

He Lifeng (1955), Vice Premier of the State Council; Former Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the National Development and Reform Commission

Zhang Youxia (1950), Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission; former Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission

Zhang Guoqing (1964), Vice Premier of the State Council; Former Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee

Chen Wenqing (1960), director of the Political and Legal Committee; former Minister of State Security

Chen Jining (1964), secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee; former mayor of Beijing

Chen Min’er (1960), Secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee; former Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee

Yuan Jiajun (1962), Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee; former Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee

Huang Kunming (1956), Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee; former Minister of the Central Propaganda Department

Non-Politburo members Positions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China or the State Council:

Liu Jinguo (1955), Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

Wang Xiaohong (1957), Director of the Central Office; Former Minister of Public Security

Li Shangfu (1958), State Councilor and Minister of Defense; Former Minister of Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission

Wu Zhenglong (1964), State Councilor and Secretary-General; former Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee

Chen Yiqin (1959), State Councilor’ Former Secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee

Qin Gang (1966) State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Former Ambassador to the United States