19th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

The 19th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, formally the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected by the 1st plenary session of the 19th Central Committee on 25 October 2017, in the aftermath of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It was preceded by the CCP's 18th Politburo Standing Committee and was succeeded by the 20th in October 2022.

Date	Length	Type	Ref.
15 January 2018	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[1]
22 February 2018	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[2]
16 August 2018	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[3]
7 January 2019	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[4]
7 January 2020	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[5]
25 January 2020	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[6]
3 February 2020	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[7]
12 February 2020	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[8]
26 February 2020	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[9]
4 March 2020	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[10]
18 March 2020	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[11]
8 April 2020	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[12]
29 April 2020	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[13]
6 May 2020	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[14]
14 May 2020	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[15]
17 July 2020	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[16]
22 October 2020	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[17]
3 December 2020	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[18]
7 January 2021	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[19]
6 January 2022	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[20]
17 March 2022	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[21]
31 March 2022	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[22]
5 May 2022	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[23]

R.			18th	20th	Birth	PM	Birthplace	Academic feats	Positions	Ref.
1	Xi Jinping	习近平	Old	Elected	1953	1974	Beijing	Graduate Doctoral degree in Marxist legal studies Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering	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	^[25]
2	Li Keqiang	李克强	Old	Not	1955	1974	Anhui	Graduate Master's degree in business administration Graduate programme in world economics Graduate programme in engineering management Undergraduate degree in agricultural mechanisation	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	^[26]
3	Li Zhanshu	栗战书	New	Not	1950	1975	Hebei	Graduate Master's degree in business administration Graduate programme in business economics Undergraduate degree in politics	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	^[27]
4	Wang Yang	汪洋	New	Not	1955	1975	Anhui	Graduate Master's degree in management science Bachelor's degree in public administration Programme in political economy	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	^[28]
5	Wang Huning	王沪宁	New	Elected	1955	1984	Shanghai	Graduate Master's degree in Marxist legal studies Graduate programme in international politics Undergraduate degree in French	Two Party office First-ranked Secretary, Secretariat of the Central Committee Head, Central Policy Research Office of the Central Committee	^[29]
6	Zhao Leji	赵乐际	New	Elected	1957	1975	Shandong	Graduate Graduate programme in currency and banking Undergraduate degree in philosophy	Two Party offices Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Head, Central Leading Group for Inspection Work	^[30]
7	Han Zheng	韩正	New	Not	1954	1979	Shanghai	Graduate Master's degree in international political economy Undergraduate degree in politics	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	^[31]

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