# 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 :
| Rank | Officeholder | Hanzi | 16th PSC | 18th PSC | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Academic attainment | No. of offices |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |