20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

The 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), formally the Political Bureau of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,^[1] was elected at the 1st plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the CCP on 23 October 2022 in the aftermath of the 20th National Congress. This electoral term was preceded by the 19th Politburo. Seven of the 24 members serve in the 20th Politburo Standing Committee.

The 20th CCP Politburo was noted as the first to include a former Minister of State Security^[2] and the first Politburo with no women in 25 years.^[3] All members are Han Chinese, the majority ethnic group in the country.^[4] According to informal party convention, party leaders aged 68 or above are not eligible to remain in the Politburo^[5] but the 20th reelected three members past that age.

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Date	Length	Type	Ref.
25 October 2022	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[6]
25 October 2022	1 day	1st Collective Study Session	^[7]
6 December 2022	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[8]
27 December 2022	1 day	Democratic life meeting	^[9]
31 January 2023	1 day	2nd Collective Study Session	^[10]
21 February 2023	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[11]
22 February 2023	1 day	3rd Collective Study Session	^[12]
30 March 2023	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[13]
30 March 2023	1 day	4th Collective Study Session	^[14]
28 April 2023	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[15]
29 May 2023	1 day	5th Collective Study Session	^[16]
30 June 2023	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[17]
30 June 2023	1 day	6th Collective Study Session	^[18]
24 July 2023	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[19]
24 July 2023	1 day	7th Collective Study Session	^[20]
31 August 2023	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[21]
27 September 2023	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[22]
27 September 2023	1 day	8th Collective Study Session	^[23]
27 October 2023	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[24]
27 October 2023	1 day	9th Collective Study Session	^[25]
27 November 2023	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[26]
27 November 2023	1 day	10th Collective Study Session	^[27]
8 December 2023	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[28]
27 December 2023	1 day	Democratic life meeting	^[29]
31 January 2024	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[30]
31 January 2024	1 day	11th Collective Study Session	^[31]
29 February 2024	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[32]
1 March 2024	1 day	12th Collective Study Session	^[33]
29 March 2024	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[34]
30 April 2024	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[35]
27 May 2024	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[36]
28 May 2024	1 day	14th Collective Study Session	^[37]
27 June 2024	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[38]
28 June 2024	1 day	15th Collective Study Session	^[39]
30 July 2024	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[40]
31 July 2024	1 day	16th Collective Study Session	^[41]
23 August 2024	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[42]
26 September 2024	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[43]
28 October 2024	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[44]
28 October 2024	1 day	17th Collective Study Session	^[45]
9 December 2024	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[46]
9 December 2024	1 day	18th Collective Study Session	^[47]
27 December 2024	1 day	Democratic life meeting	^[48]
20 January 2025	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[49]
28 February 2025	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[50]
1 March 2025	1 day	19th Collective Study Session	^[51]
31 March 2025	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[52]
25 April 2025	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[53]
26 April 2025	1 day	20th Collective Study Session	^[54]
30 June 2025	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[55]
30 June 2025	1 day	21st Collective Study Session	^[56]
30 July 2025	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[57]
29 August 2025	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[58]
29 September 2025	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[59]
29 September 2025	1 day	22nd Collective Study Session	^[60]
28 November 2025	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[61]
29 November 2025	1 day	23rd Collective Study Session	^[62]
8 December 2025	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[63]
25 December 2025	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[64]
26 December 2025	1 day	Democratic life meeting	^[65]
30 January 2026	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[66]
31 January 2026	1 day	24th Collective Study Session	^[67]
27 February 2026	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[68]
27 March 2026	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[69]
28 April 2026	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[70]

		19th	Birth	PM	Birthplace	Education	Offices held	Ref.
Cai Qi	蔡奇	Old	1955	1975	Fujian	Graduate	Three Party offices First Secretary, Secretariat of the Central Committee Director, General Office of the Central Committee Director, Office of the General Secretary of the Central Committee	^[72]
Chen Jining	陈吉宁	New	1964	1984	Liaoning	Graduate	One Party office Secretary, Shanghai Municipal Party Committee	^[73]
Chen Min'er	陈敏尔	Old	1960	1982	Zhejiang	Graduate	One Party office Secretary, Tianjin Municipal Party Committee	^[74]
Chen Wenqing	陈文清	New	1960	1983	Sichuan	Graduate	One Party office Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission	^[75]
Ding Xuexiang	丁薛祥	Old	1961	1984	Jiangsu	Graduate	One State office First-Ranked Vice Premier of the State Council	^[76]
He Lifeng	何立峰	New	1955	1981	Guangdong	Graduate	Two Party office Director, Office of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission State office Second-Ranked Vice Premier of the State Council	^[77]
He Weidong^[I]	何卫东	New	1957	1978	Fujian	Undergraduate	Two Party office Second Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission State office Second Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission	^[78]
Huang Kunming	黄坤明	Old	1956	1976	Fujian	Graduate	One Party office Secretary, Guangdong Provincial Party Committee	^[79]
Li Ganjie	李干杰	New	1964	1984	Hunan	Graduate	One Party office Head, Organization Department of the Central Committee	^[80]
Li Hongzhong	李鸿忠	Old	1956	1976	Shenyang	Graduate	One State office First Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[81]
Li Qiang	李强	Old	1958	1983	Zhejiang	Graduate	Eight Party offices Director, Central Institutional Organisation Commission Deputy Director, Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission Deputy Director, Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission Deputy Director, Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission Deputy Director, Central Foreign Affairs Commission Leader, Central Leading Group for Climate Change and Emissions Reduction Leader, State Council Leading Party Members Group State offices Premier, State Council of the People's Republic of China	^[82]
Li Shulei	李书磊	New	1964	1986	Henan	Graduate	One Party office Head, Publicity Department of the Central Committee	^[83]
Li Xi	李希	Old	1956	1982	Gansu	Graduate	Two Party office Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Director, Central Leading Group for Inspection Work	^[84]
Liu Guozhong	刘国中	New	1962	1986	Heilongjiang	Graduate	One State office Fourth-Ranked Vice Premier of the State Council	^[85]
Ma Xingrui	马兴瑞	New	1959	1988	Heilongjiang	Graduate	One Party office Secretary, Xinjiang Provincial Party Committee	^[86]
Shi Taifeng	石泰峰	New	1956	1982	Shanxi	Graduate	Two Party office Head, United Front Work Department of the Central Committee Organisational office Vice Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	^[87]
Wang Huning	王沪宁	Old	1955	1984	Shanghai	Graduate	One Organisational office Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	^[88]
Wang Yi	王毅	New	1953	1981	Beijing	Graduate	Two Party office Director, Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission State office Minister of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China	^[89]
Xi Jinping	习近平	Old	1953	1974	Beijing	Graduate	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	^[90]
Yin Li	尹力	New	1962	1980	Shandong	Graduate	One Party office Secretary, Beijing City Party Committee	^[91]
Yuan Jiajun	袁家军	New	1962	1992	Jilin	Graduate	One Party office Secretary, Chongqing Municipal Party Committee	^[92]
Zhang Guoqing	张国清	New	1964	1984	Henan	Graduate	One State office Third-Ranked Vice Premier of the State Council	^[93]
Zhang Youxia	张又侠	Old	1950	1969	Beijing	Graduate	Two Party office First Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission State office First Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission	^[94]
Zhao Leji	赵乐际	Old	1957	1975	Shandong	Graduate	One State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[95]

20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

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