20th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

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The 20th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, formally the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected by the 1st plenary session of the 20th Central Committee on 23 October 2022, in the aftermath of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It was preceded by the 19th Politburo Standing Committee.

Disclosed meetings of the 20th Politburo Standing Committee
Date	Length	Type	Ref.
10 November 2022	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[1]
16 February 2023	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[2]
17 August 2023	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[3]
4 January 2024	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[4]
25 July 2024	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[5]
9 January 2025	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[6]
9 January 2025	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[7]
8 January 2026	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[8]

R.			19th	Birth	PM	Birthplace	Academic feats	Positions	Ref.
1	Xi Jinping	习近平	Old	1953	1974	Beijing	Graduate Doctoral degree in Marxist legal studies Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering	Twelve 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 Comprehensively Law-Based Governance Commission Head, Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission Head, Central Foreign Affairs Commission Head, Central Auditing Committee Head, Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs 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 State offices President of the People's Republic of China	^[10]
2	Li Qiang	李强	New	1959	1983	Zhejiang	Graduate Master's degree in business administration Graduate programme in world economics Graduate programme in engineering management Undergraduate degree in agricultural mechanisation	Fifteen Party offices Director, Central Financial Commission Director, Central Institutional Organisation Commission Deputy Chairman, National Security Commission of the Central Committee Deputy Chairman, Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission Deputy Head, Central Comprehensively Law-Based Governance Commission Deputy Director, Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission Deputy Director, Central Foreign Affairs Commission Deputy Director, Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission Deputy Head, Central Integrated Military-Civilian Development Committee Deputy Head, Central Auditing Committee Leader, Central Leading Group for Climate Change and Emissions Reduction Leader, State Council Leading Party Members Group State offices Premier, State Council of China Director, National Defense Mobilization Commission Director, National Energy Commission	^[11]
3	Zhao Leji	赵乐际	Old	1957	1975	Qinghai	Graduate Graduate programme in currency and banking Undergraduate degree in philosophy	Four Party offices Leader, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Party Group Deputy Chairman, National Security Commission of the Central Committee Deputy Head, Central Comprehensively Law-Based Governance Commission State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[12]
4	Wang Huning	王沪宁	Old	1955	1984	Shanghai	Graduate Master's degree in Marxist legal studies Graduate programme in international politics Undergraduate degree in French	Eight Organisational office Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification 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 Director, Office of the Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission Deputy Director, Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission Deputy Head, Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs	^[13]
5	Cai Qi	蔡奇	New	1955	1975	Fujian	Graduate Doctoral degree in political economy Post-graduate degree in economic law Undergraduate degree in political education	Fifteen Party offices First-ranked secretary, Secretariat of the Central Committee Director, General Office of the Central Committee Director, Office of the General Secretary of the Central Committee Head, Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission Chairman, Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization Leader, Central Leading Group for Propaganda, Ideology and Culture of the Central Committee Leader, Central Leading Group for Party Building of the Central Committee Director, Capital Planning and Construction Commission Director, Party and State Merit and Honor Commendation Working Committee Director, Central Leading Group for Studying and Implementing "Xi Jinping Thought" Theme Education Deputy Chairman, National Security Commission of the Central Committee Deputy Director, Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission Deputy Director, Central Institutional Organisation Commission Deputy Director, Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission Deputy Head, Central Integrated Military-Civilian Development Committee	^[14]
6	Ding Xuexiang	丁薛祥	New	1962	1984	Jiangsu	Graduate Master's degree in science and management Bachelor's degree in engineering	Thirteen Party offices Deputy Leader, State Council Leading Party Members Group Leader, Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Head, Air Traffic Control Committee Deputy Head, Central Integrated Military-Civilian Development Committee Director, Office of the Central Integrated Military-Civilian Development Committee State offices First-Ranked Vice Premier of the State Council Head, Food Safety Committee Head, National Greening Committee Head, Central Leading Group for Belt and Road Initiative Construction Head, Central Leading Group for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Head, Central Leading Group for the 3rd Geography Conditions Survey Head, Coordination Group for Promoting Transformation of Government Functions and "Delegation, Regulation, Service" Reform Deputy Director, National Energy Commission	^[15]
7	Li Xi	李希	New	1956	1982	Gansu	Graduate Master's degree in economics and management Undergraduate degree in literature	Four Party offices Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Director, Central Leading Group for Inspection Work Director, Central Leading Group for Deepening the Pilot Work on Reform of the National Supervision System Deputy Head, Central Auditing Committee	^[16]

v t e 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2022–2027)
Standing Committee	Xi Jinping (General Secretary) Li Qiang Zhao Leji Wang Huning Cai Qi Ding Xuexiang Li Xi
Other members in surname stroke order	Ma Xingrui Wang Yi Yin Li Shi Taifeng Liu Guozhong Li Ganjie Li Shulei Li Hongzhong He Weidong (expelled 2025) He Lifeng Zhang Youxia Zhang Guoqing Chen Wenqing Chen Jining Chen Min'er Yuan Jiajun Huang Kunming
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