# 19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

The 19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), formally the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected at the 1st plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the CCP on 25 October 2017 in the aftermath of the 19th National Congress. This electoral term was preceded by the 18th Politburo and succeeded by the 20th. Seven of the 25 members served in the 19th Politburo Standing Committee.

## Composition

Members of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party :
| Officeholder | Officeholder | 18th | 20th | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Education | Gender | Offices held |
| Cai Qi | 蔡奇 | New | Elected | 1955 | 1975 | Fujian | Graduate | Male | One Party office Secretary, Beijing Municipal Party Committee |
| Chen Min'er | 陈敏尔 | New | Elected | 1960 | 1982 | Zhejiang | Graduate | Male | One Party office Secretary, Chongqing Municipal Party Committee |
| Chen Quanguo | 陈全国 | New | Not | 1955 | 1976 | Henan | Graduate | Male | Four Party office Deputy Head, Central Rural Work Leading Group Secretary, Xinjiang Provincial Party Committee Secretary, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps First Political Commissar, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps |
| Chen Xi | 陈希 | New | Not | 1953 | 1978 | Fujian | Graduate | Male | Two Party office President, Central Party School of the Central Committee Head, Organisation Department of the Central Committee |
| Ding Xuexiang | 丁薛祥 | New | Elected | 1962 | 1984 | Jiangsu | Graduate | Male | One Party office Head, General Office of the Central Committee |
| Guo Shengkun | 郭声琨 | New | Not | 1954 | 1974 | Jiangxi | Graduate | Male | One Party office Secretary, Political and Legal Affairs Commission |
| Han Zheng | 韩正 | Old | Not | 1954 | 1979 | Shanghai | Graduate | Male | Twelve Party offices Deputy Head, Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission Head, Central Leading Group for Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Deputy Head, Office of the Central Integrated Military-Civilian Development Committee Director, Office of the Central Integrated Military-Civilian Development Committee State offices First-rankedVice Premier, State Council of the People's Republic of China Head, Three Gorges Project Construction Committee Head, South-North Water Diversion Construction Project Committee Head, Central Leading Group for Belt and Road Initiative Construction Head, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Joint Development Leading Group Head, Central Leading Group for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Head, Central Leading Group for Promoting Integrated Development of the Yangtze River Delta Head, Central Leading Group for Inspection on Ecological and Environmental Protection |
| Hu Chunhua | 胡春华 | Old | Not | 1963 | 1983 | Hubei | Graduate | Male | Seven State offices Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Head, Leading Group on Poverty Alleviation and Development Head, Leading Group on Rural Works Head, National Leading Group for Census on Poverty Alleviation Head, National Leading Group for the Elimination of Wage Arrears for Migrant Workers Head, Leading Group on Employment Work Deputy Head, Central Leading Group for Belt and Road Initiative Construction |
| Huang Kunming | 黄坤明 | New | Elected | 1956 | 1976 | Fujian | Graduate | Male | One Party office |
| Li Hongzhong | 李鸿忠 | New | Elected | 1956 | 1976 | Shenyang | Graduate | Male | One State office First Vice Chairman, NPC Standing Committee |
| Li Keqiang | 李克强 | Old | Not | 1955 | 1974 | Hefei | Graduate | Male | Seven Party offices Head, Central Institutional Organisation Commission of the Central Committee Deputy Chairman, Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission of the Central Committee Deputy Chairman, Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission of the Central Committee Deputy Chairman, Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission of the Central Committee State offices Premier, State Council of the People's Republic of China Head, State Council Leading Party Members Group Head, Central Leading Group for Climate Change and Emissions Reduction |
| Li Qiang | 李强 | New | Elected | 1959 | 1983 | Zhejiang | Graduate | Male | One Party office Secretary, Shanghai Municipal Party Committee |
| Li Xi | 李希 | New | Elected | 1956 | 1982 | Gansu | Graduate | Male | Two Party office Secretary, Guangdong Provincial Party Committee |
| Li Zhanshu | 栗战书 | Old | Not | 1950 | 1975 | Hebei | Graduate | Male | Five Party office Head, General Office of the Central Committee Secretary, Central Work Committee for Organs of the Central Committee Head, Office of the National Security Commission of the Central Committee Head, Central Commission for the Protection of State Secrets of the Central Committee State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress |
| Liu He | 刘鹤 | New | Not | 1952 | 1976 | Beijing | Graduate | Male | Eleven Party offices Head, Office of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission Deputy Head, Central Leading Group for United Front Work State offices Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Head, Financial Stability and Development Committee Head, Air Traffic Control Committee Head, Work Safety Committee Head, Leading Group for Building an Advanced Manufacturing Industry Head, Leading Group for the Promotion of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Head, Leading Group for Technological System Reform and Innovation System Construction Head, Leading Group of the State Council on State-owned Enterprise Reform Deputy Head, Leading Group for Science and Technology |
| Sun Chunlan | 孙春兰 | Old | Not | 1950 | 1973 | Hebei | Graduate | Female | Four Party offices Deputy Head, Central Coordination Group for Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Deputy Head, Central Leading Group for United Front Work State offices Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Head, Leading Group of Deepening Medical and Health System Reform |
| Wang Chen | 王晨 | New | Not | 1950 | 1969 | Beijing | Graduate | Male | One State office Vice Chairman, of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress |
| Wang Huning | 王沪宁 | Old | Elected | 1955 | 1984 | Shanghai | Graduate | Male | Two Party office First-ranked Secretary, Secretariat of the Central Committee Head, Central Policy Research Office of the Central Committee |
| Wang Yang | 汪洋 | Old | Not | 1955 | 1975 | Anhui | Graduate | Male | Five Organisational office Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Party office Leader, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Party Group Head, Central Coordination Group for Tibet Affairs Head, Central Coordination Group for Xinjiang Affairs Deputy Head, Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs |
| Xi Jinping | 习近平 | Old | Elected | 1953 | 1974 | Beijing | Graduate | Male | Eleven Party offices General Secretary, Central Committee Chairman, National Security Commission of the Central Committee Chairman, Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission of the 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 Commander-in-chief, Joint Operations Command Center of the Central Military Commission of the People's Liberation Army Head, Leading Group for National Defence and Military Reform of the Central Military Commission Head, Office of the Central Integrated Military-Civilian Development Committee State offices President of the People's Republic of China |
| Xu Qiliang | 许其亮 | Old | Not | 1950 | 1967 | Shandong | Graduate | Male | One Party-state office Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission |
| Yang Jiechi | 杨洁篪 | New | Not | 1950 | 1971 | Shanghai | Graduate | Male | One Party office Head, Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission |
| Yang Xiaodu | 杨晓渡 | New | Not | 1953 | 1973 | Shanghai | Graduate | Male | Four Party office Deputy Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection State offices Director, National Supervisory Commission Director, National Bureau of Corruption Prevention Minister of Supervision |
| Zhang Youxia | 张又侠 | New | Elected | 1950 | 1969 | Beijing | Graduate | Male | One Party-state office First Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission |
| Zhao Leji | 赵乐际 | Old | Elected | 1957 | 1975 | Shandong | Graduate | Male | Two Party offices Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Head, Central Leading Group for Inspection Work |