# 17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

The 17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), formally the Political Bureau of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected at the 1st plenary session of the 17th Central Committee of the CCP on 22 October 2007 in the aftermath of the 17th National Congress. This electoral term was preceded by the 16th Politburo and succeeded by the 18th. Of the 25 members, nine served in the 17th Politburo Standing Committee.
Bo Xilai was expelled from the 17th Politburo and the CCP during this electoral term, while three others (Xu Caihou, Zhou Yongkang, and Guo Boxiong) were expelled from the CCP during the 18th tenure for charges of political corruption during this electoral term.

## Composition

Members of the Political Bureau of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party :
| Officeholder | Officeholder | 16th | 18th | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Academic attainment | Ethnicity | Gender | Offices held |
| Bo Xilai | 薄熙来 | New | Expelled | 1949 | 1980 | Beijing | Graduate Master's degree in journalism Bachelor's degree in world history | Han | Male | One Party office Secretary, Chongqing Municipal Committee |
| Guo Boxiong | 郭伯雄 | Old | Not | 1942 | 1961 | Shaanxi | Not public Attained a degree in military science | Han | Male | One Military office Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission |
| He Guoqiang | 贺国强 | Old | Not | 1943 | 1966 | Hunan | Graduate Master's degree in chemical engineering | Han | Male | Two Party offices Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Head, Central Leading Group for Inspection Work |
| Hu Jintao | 胡锦涛 | Old | Not | 1942 | 1964 | Jiangsu | Graduate Master's degree in hydraulic engineering | Han | Male | 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 |
| Hui Liangyu | 回良玉 | Old | Not | 1944 | 1969 | Jilin | Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in economics | Hui | Male | One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China |
| Jia Qinglin | 贾庆林 | Old | Not | 1940 | 1959 | Hebei | Graduate Master's degree in engineering of electric motor and appliance design and manufacture | Han | Male | One Organisational office Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference |
| Li Changchun | 李长春 | Old | Not | 1944 | 1965 | Liaoning | Graduate Master's degree in industrial enterprise automation engineering | Han | Male | Two Party office Chairman, Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization |
| Li Keqiang | 李克强 | New | Elected | 1955 | 1974 | Hefei | Graduate Doctoral degree in Marxist legal studies Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering | Han | Male | One State office First-ranked Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China |
| Li Yuanchao | 李源潮 | New | Elected | 1950 | 1978 | Jiangsu | Graduate Doctoral degree in Marxist legal studies Master's degree in mathematics Master's degree in management science Graduate programme in scientific socialism | Han | Male | One Party office Head, Organization Department of the Central Committee |
| Liu Qi | 刘淇 | Old | Not | 1942 | 1975 | Jiangsu | Graduate Graduate degree in iron-smelting | Han | Male | One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China |
| Liu Yandong | 刘延东 | New | Elected | 1945 | 1964 | Jiangsu | Graduate Master's degree in sociology | Han | Female | One State office State Councillor of the People's Republic of China |
| Liu Yunshan | 刘云山 | Old | Elected | 1947 | 1971 | Shanxi | Not public Was given a university education at the Central Party School | Han | Male | One Party office Head, Publicity Department of the Central Committee |
| Wang Gang | 王刚 | Alternate | Not | 1942 | 1971 | Jilin | Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in philosophy | Han | Male | One Organisational office Vice Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference |
| Wang Lequan | 王乐泉 | Old | Not | 1944 | 1966 | Shandong | Graduate Doctoral degree, but unknown in which subject. | Han | Male | Two Party offices Deputy Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Central Committee Secretary, Xinjiang Provincial Party Committee |
| Wang Qishan | 王岐山 | New | Elected | 1948 | 1983 | Shanxi | Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in history | Han | Male | One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China |
| Wang Yang | 汪洋 | New | Elected | 1955 | 1975 | Anhui | Graduate Master's degree in management science Bachelor's degree in public administration Programme in political economy | Han | Male | One Party office Secretary, Guangdong Provincial Committee |
| Wang Zhaoguo | 王兆国 | Old | Not | 1941 | 1965 | Hebei | Graduate Master's degree in engineering. | Han | Male | Two Organisational office Chairman, Central Committee of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions State office Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress |
| Wen Jiabao | 温家宝 | Old | Not | 1942 | 1965 | Tianjin | Graduate Doctoral degree in geological survey Bachelor's degree in structural geology | Han | Male | One State office Premier of the People's Republic of China |
| Wu Bangguo | 吴邦国 | Old | Not | 1941 | 1964 | Anhui | Graduate Master's degree in engineering | Han | Male | One State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress |
| Xi Jinping | 习近平 | New | Elected | 1953 | 1974 | Beijing | Graduate Doctoral degree in Marxist legal studies Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering | Han | Male | Four Party offices First-ranked secretary, Central Committee Secretariat President, Central Party School of the Central Committee Military office Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission State offices Vice President of the People's Republic of China |
| Xu Caihou | 徐才厚 | New | Not | 1943 | 1971 | Hebei | Not public Attained a degree in military engineering | Han | Male | One Military office Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission |
| Yu Zhengsheng | 俞正声 | Old | Elected | 1945 | 1964 | Zhejiang | Graduate Graduate programme in Missile engineering | Han | Male | Two Organisational office Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification |
| Zhang Dejiang | 张德江 | Old | Elected | 1946 | 1971 | Liaoning | Graduate Graduate programme in world economics Undergraduate degree in Korean | Han | Male | Two Party office Secretary, Chongqing Municipal Committee State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China |
| Zhang Gaoli | 张高丽 | New | Elected | 1946 | 1973 | Fujian | Graduate Graduate programme in economics | Han | Male | One Party office Secretary, Tianjin Municipal Committee |
| Zhou Yongkang | 周永康 | Old | Not | 1942 | 1964 | Jiangsu | Graduate Master's degree in geophysical survey and exploration | Han | Male | One Party office Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission |