17th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

The 17th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, formally the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee in 2007, in the aftermath of the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It was preceded by the CCP's 16th Politburo Standing Committee and was succeeded by the 18th in 2012.

Composition

Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
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Rank		Hanzi	16th PSC	18th PSC	Birth	PM	Birthplace	Academic attainment	No. of offices	Ref.
1	Hu Jintao	胡锦涛	Old	Not	1942	1964	Jiangsu	Graduate Master's degree in hydraulic engineering	Five Party offices General Secretary, 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 President of the People's Republic of China	^[2]
2	Wu Bangguo	吴邦国	Old	Not	1941	1964	Anhui	Graduate Master's degree in engineering	One State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[3]
3	Wen Jiabao	温家宝	Old	Not	1942	1965	Tianjin	Graduate Doctoral degree in geological survey Bachelor's degree in structural geology	One State office Premier, State Council of the People's Republic of China	^[4]
4	Jia Qinglin	贾庆林	Old	Not	1940	1959	Hebei	Graduate Master's degree in engineering of electric motor and appliance design and manufacture	One Organisational office Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	^[5]
5	Li Changchun	李长春	Old	Not	1944	1965	Liaoning	Graduate Master's degree in industrial enterprise automation engineering	Two Party office Chairman, Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization	^[6]
6	Xi Jinping	习近平	New	Reelected	1953	1974	Beijing	Graduate Doctoral degree in Marxist legal studies Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering	Four Party offices First-ranked Secretary, Central Committee Secretariat Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission of the Central Committee President, Central Party School of the Central Committee State office Vice President of the People's Republic of China	^[7]
7	Li Keqiang	李克强	New	Reelected	1955	1974	Hefei	Graduate Master's degree in business administration Graduate programme in world economics Graduate programme in engineering management Undergraduate degree in agricultural mechanisation	One State office First-ranked Vice Premier, State Council of the People's Republic of China	^[8]
8	He Guoqiang	贺国强	New	Not	1943	1966	Hunan	Graduate Master's degree in chemical engineering	Two Party offices Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Head, Central Leading Group for Inspection Work	^[9]
9	Zhou Yongkang	周永康	New	Not	1942	1964	Jiangsu	Graduate Master's degree in geophysical survey and exploration	One Party office Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission	^[10]

References

^ "List of members of Standing Committee of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee". China.org.cn. 22 October 2007. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ "Profile: Hu Jintao". BBC News. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "Wu Bangguo". National People's Congress. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "Wen Jiabao". People's Daily. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "Jia Qinglin". People's Daily. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China". Beijing Review. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ Li, Cheng. "Xi Jinping 习近平" (PDF). Brookings Institution. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
^ Li, Cheng. "Li Keqiang 李克强" (PDF). Brookings Institution. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
^ "He Guoqiang". China Today . Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ Wu, Yuwen (12 October 2015). "Profile: China's fallen security chief Zhou Yongkang". BBC News. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

External links

(in Chinese) 18th CCP Central Committee

[1] "List of members of Standing Committee of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee". China.org.cn. 22 October 2007. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

[2] "Profile: Hu Jintao". BBC News. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[3] "Wu Bangguo". National People's Congress. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[4] "Wen Jiabao". People's Daily. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[5] "Jia Qinglin". People's Daily. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[6] "Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China". Beijing Review. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

[Xi_Jinping-7] Li, Cheng. "Xi Jinping 习近平" (PDF). Brookings Institution. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.

[Li_Keqiang-8] Li, Cheng. "Li Keqiang 李克强" (PDF). Brookings Institution. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.

[9] "He Guoqiang". China Today . Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[10] Wu, Yuwen (12 October 2015). "Profile: China's fallen security chief Zhou Yongkang". BBC News. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

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v t e 17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2007–2012)
Standing Committee	Hu Jintao (General Secretary) Wu Bangguo Wen Jiabao Jia Qinglin Li Changchun Xi Jinping Li Keqiang He Guoqiang Zhou Yongkang
Other members in surname stroke order	Wang Gang Wang Lequan Wang Zhaoguo Wang Qishan Hui Liangyu Liu Qi Liu Yunshan Liu Yandong ♀ Li Yuanchao Wang Yang Zhang Gaoli Zhang Dejiang Yu Zhengsheng Xu Caihou Guo Boxiong Bo Xilai (expelled 2012)
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