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.

Rank		Hanzi	16th PSC	18th PSC	Birth	PM	Birthplace	Academic attainment	No. of offices	Ref.
1	Hu Jintao	è¡é¦æ¶	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	å´é¦å½	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	æ¸©å®¶å®	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	è´¾åºæ	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	æé¿æ¥	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	ä¹ è¿å¹³	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	æåå¼º	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	è´ºå½å¼º	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	å¨æ°¸åº·	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]

17th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

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