Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 19th Central Committee Politburo Standing Committee (in rank order) Remaining members from the 18th Central Committee Politburo New members to the 19th Central Committee Politburo The Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) is comprised of the CCP’s top- ranking leaders and is China’s top decision-making body within the Politburo. It meets more frequently and often makes XI JINPING LI KEQIANG LI ZHANSHU WANG YANG WANG HUNING ZHAO LEJI HAN ZHENG key decisions with little or no input from 习近平 李克强 栗战书 汪洋 王沪宁 赵乐际 韩正 the full Politburo. The much larger Central President; CCP General Premier, State Council Chairman, Chairman, Director, Office of CCP Secretary, CCP Central Executive Vice Premier, Secretary; Chairman, CCP Born 1953 Standing Committee of Chinese People’s Political Comprehensively Deepening Discipline Inspection State Council Committee is, in theory, the executive Central Military Commission National People’s Congress Consultative Conference Reform Commission Commission Born 1954 organ of the party. But the Politburo Born 1953 Born 1950 Born 1955 Born 1955 Born 1957 exercises its functions and authority except the few days a year when the Members (in alphabetical order) Central Committee is in session. At the First Session of the 13th National People’s Congress in March 2018, Wang Qishan was elected as the Vice President of China. The vice presidency enables Wang to be another important national leader without a specific party portfolio. But in China’s official CCP pecking order, CAI QI CHEN MIN’ER CHEN QUANGUO CHEN XI DING XUEXIANG GUO SHENGKUN HU CHUNHUA HUANG KUNMING LI HONGZHONG 蔡奇 陈敏尔 陈全国 陈希 丁薛祥 郭声琨 胡春华 黄坤明 李鸿忠 Wang is listed just after the members of Secretary, Secretary, Secretary, Director, CCP Central Director, General Secretary, CCP Vice Premier, Director, CCP Central Secretary, the Politburo Standing Committee and Beijing CCP Chongqing CCP Xinjiang CCP Organization Office of CCP Central Central Political and State Council Propaganda Tianjin CCP Municipal Municipal Committee Municipal Committee Regional Committee Department; President, Committee Legal Affairs Born 1963 Department Committee before other members of the Politburo, CCP Central Party Born 1955 Born 1960 Born 1955 Born 1962 Commission Born 1956 Born 1956 likely due to his service on the previous School Born 1953 Born 1954 PBSC, thus granting him more senior status in the party hierarchy than sitting members of the full Politburo. Statistics Average Age in 2017: 62.5 () College Degree Holders: 25 (100%, ) LI QIANG LI XI LIU HE SUN CHUNLAN WANG CHEN XU QILIANG YANG JIECHI YANG XIAODU ZHANG YOUXIA Engineering Degree Holders: 3 (12%, ) 李强 李希 刘鹤 孙春兰 王晨 许其亮 杨洁篪 杨晓渡 张又侠 With Military Experience: 3 (12%, ) Secretary, Secretary, Vice Premier, Vice Premier, Vice Chairman, Vice Chairman, Director, Office of Director, National Vice Chairman, Shanghai CCP Guangdong CCP State Council; Director, State Council Standing Committee CCP Central Military CCP Foreign Affairs Supervision Commission; CCP Central Military Female Members: 1 (4%, ) Municipal Committee Provincial Committee Office of CCP Financial Born 1950 of National People’s Commission Work Commission Deputy Secretary, CCP Commission and Economic Work Central Discipline Born 1959 Born 1956 Congress Born 1950 Born 1950 Born 1950 Regional Slant: Coast Commission Inspection Commission Born 1952 Born 1950 Born 1953 .