# 16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

The 16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), formally the Political Bureau of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected at the 1st plenary session of the 16th Central Committee of the CCP on 15 November 2002 in the aftermath of the 16th National Congress. This electoral term was preceded by the 15th Politburo and succeeded by the 17th. Of the 24 members, nine served in the 16th Politburo Standing Committee.

## Composition
### Members

Members of the Political Bureau of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party :
| Officeholder | Officeholder | 15th | 17th | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace | Academic attainment | Ethnicity | Gender | Offices held |
| Cao Gangchuan | 曹刚川 | New | Elected | 1938 | 1956 | Alive | Henan | Graduate Master's degree in military engineering A degree in Russian language | Han | Male | Two State offices State Councillor of the People's Republic of China Minister of National Defence |
| Chen Liangyu | 陈良宇 | New | Expelled | 1946 | 1980 | Alive | Hebei | Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in architectural structure | Han | Male | Two Party office Secretary, Shanghai Municipal Committee State office Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government |
| Guo Boxiong | 郭伯雄 | New | Elected | 1942 | 1961 | Alive | Shaanxi | Not public Attained a degree in military science | Han | Male | One Military office Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission |
| He Guoqiang | 贺国强 | New | Elected | 1943 | 1966 | Alive | Hunan | Graduate Master's degree in chemical engineering | Han | Male | One Party office Head, Organisation Department, Central Committee |
| Hu Jintao | 胡锦涛 | Old | Elected | 1942 | 1964 | Alive | 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 |
| Huang Ju | 黄菊 | Old | Died | 1938 | 1966 | 2007 | Shanghai | Graduate Master's degree in electrical machinery manufacturing | Han | Male | One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China |
| Hui Liangyu | 回良玉 | New | Elected | 1944 | 1969 | Alive | 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 | Elected | 1940 | 1959 | Alive | 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 | Elected | 1944 | 1965 | Alive | Liaoning | Graduate Master's degree in industrial enterprise automation engineering | Han | Male | Two Party office Chairman, Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization |
| Liu Qi | 刘淇 | New | Elected | 1942 | 1975 | Alive | Jiangsu | Graduate Graduate degree in iron-smelting | Han | Male | Two Party office Secretary, Beijing Municipal Party Committee State office Mayor of the Beijing Municipal People's Government |
| Liu Yunshan | 刘云山 | New | Elected | 1947 | 1971 | Alive | 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 |
| Luo Gan | 罗干 | Old | Not | 1935 | 1960 | Alive | Shandong | Graduate Master's degree in engineering | Han | Male | One Party office Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission |
| Wang Lequan | 王乐泉 | New | Elected | 1944 | 1966 | Alive | 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 Zhaoguo | 王兆国 | New | Elected | 1941 | 1965 | Alive | 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 | Elected | 1942 | 1965 | Alive | 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 | Elected | 1941 | 1964 | 2024 | Anhui | Graduate Master's degree in engineering | Han | Male | One State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress |
| Wu Guanzheng | 吴官正 | Old | Not | 1938 | 1963 | Alive | Jiangxi | Graduate Doctoral degree in engineering | Han | Male | One Party office Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection |
| Wu Yi | 吴仪 | Alternate | Not | 1938 | 1962 | Alive | Wuhan | Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in petroleum refinery engineering | Han | Female | One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China |
| Yu Zhengsheng | 俞正声 | New | Elected | 1945 | 1964 | Alive | Zhejiang | Graduate Graduate programme in Missile engineering | Han | Male | One Party office Secretary, Hubei Provincial Party Committee |
| Zeng Peiyan | 曾培炎 | New | Not | 1939 | 1978 | Alive | Zhejiang | Graduate Master's degree in electrical engineering | Han | Male | One Party office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China |
| Zeng Qinghong | 曾庆红 | Alternate | Not | 1939 | 1960 | Alive | Jiangxi | Graduate Master's degree in engineering | Han | Male | Two Party office President, Central Party School of the Central Committee State office Vice President of the People's Republic of China |
| Zhang Dejiang | 张德江 | New | Elected | 1946 | 1971 | Alive | Liaoning | Graduate Graduate programme in world economics Undergraduate degree in Korean | Han | Male | Two Party office Secretary, Guangdong Provincial Party Committee |
| Zhang Lichang | 张立昌 | New | Not | 1939 | 1966 | 2008 | Hebei | Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in economic management | Han | Male | Two Party office Secretary, Tianjin Municipal Committee State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the Tianjin Municipal People's Congress |
| Zhou Yongkang | 周永康 | New | Elected | 1942 | 1964 | Alive | Jiangsu | Graduate Master's degree in geophysical survey and exploration | Han | Male | Two State offices State Councillor of the People's Republic of China Minister of Public Security |

### Alternate

Alternate of the Political Bureau of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party :
| Officeholder | Officeholder | 15th | 17th | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Academic attainment | Ethnicity | Gender | Offices held | Ref. |
| Wang Gang | 王刚 | New | Member | 1942 | 1971 | Jilin | Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in philosophy | Han | Male | One Party office Head, General Office of the Central Committee | |