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.^[1] It is the first Politburo in which all the members were born after the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

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		18th	20th	Birth	PM	Birthplace	Education	Gender	Offices held	Ref.
Cai Qi	蔡奇	New	Elected	1955	1975	Fujian	Graduate	Male	One Party office Secretary, Beijing Municipal Party Committee	^[2]
Chen Min'er	陈敏尔	New	Elected	1960	1982	Zhejiang	Graduate	Male	One Party office Secretary, Chongqing Municipal Party Committee	^[3]
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	^[4]
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	^[5]
Ding Xuexiang	丁薛祥	New	Elected	1961	1984	Jiangsu	Graduate	Male	One Party office Head, General Office of the Central Committee	^[6]
Guo Shengkun	郭声琨	New	Not	1954	1974	Jiangxi	Graduate	Male	One Party office Secretary, Political and Legal Affairs Commission	^[7]
Han Zheng	韩正	Old	Not	1955	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	^[8]
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	^[9]
Huang Kunming	黄坤明	New	Elected	1956	1976	Fujian	Graduate	Male	One Party office Head, Propaganda Department of the Central Committee	^[10]
Li Hongzhong	李鸿忠	New	Elected	1956	1976	Shenyang	Graduate	Male	One State office First Vice Chairman, NPC Standing Committee	^[11]
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	^[12]
Li Qiang	李强	New	Elected	1958	1983	Zhejiang	Graduate	Male	One Party office Secretary, Shanghai Municipal Party Committee	^[13]
Li Xi	李希	New	Elected	1956	1982	Gansu	Graduate	Male	Two Party office Secretary, Guangdong Provincial Party Committee	^[14]
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	^[15]
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	^[16]
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	^[17]
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	^[18]
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	^[19]
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	^[20]
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	^[21]
Xu Qiliang	许其亮	Old	Not	1950	1967	Shandong	Graduate	Male	One Party-state office Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission	^[22]
Yang Jiechi	杨洁篪	New	Not	1950	1971	Shanghai	Graduate	Male	One Party office Head, Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission	^[23]
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	^[24]
Zhang Youxia	张又侠	New	Elected	1950	1969	Beijing	Graduate	Male	One Party-state office First Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission	^[25]
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	^[26]

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