17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

Chinese policy making body

The 17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), formally the Political Bureau of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected at the 1st plenary session of the 17th Central Committee of the CCP on 22 October 2007 in the aftermath of the 17th National Congress. This electoral term was preceded by the 16th Politburo and succeeded by the 18th. Of the 25 members, nine served in the 17th Politburo Standing Committee.

Bo Xilai was expelled from the 17th Politburo and the CCP during this electoral term, while three others (Xu Caihou, Zhou Yongkang, and Guo Boxiong) were expelled from the CCP during the 18th tenure for charges of political corruption during this electoral term.

## Composition

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Members of the Political Bureau of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
[1] Officeholder  | 16th | 18th | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Academic attainment  | Ethnicity  | Gender  | Offices held | Ref.

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Bo Xilai | 薄熙来 | New | Expelled | 1949  | 1980  | Beijing |

Graduate

* Master's degree in journalism
* Bachelor's degree in world history

| Han | Male  |

One

* Party office
* Secretary, Chongqing Municipal Committee

| [2]
Guo Boxiong | 郭伯雄 | Old | Not | 1942  | 1961  | Shaanxi |

Not public

* Attained a degree in military science

| Han | Male  |

One

* Military office
* Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission

| [3]
He Guoqiang | 贺国强 | Old | Not | 1943  | 1966  | Hunan |

Graduate

* Master's degree in chemical engineering

| Han | Male  |

Two

* Party offices
* Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
* Head, Central Leading Group for Inspection Work

| [4]
Hu Jintao | 胡锦涛 | Old | Not | 1942  | 1964  | Jiangsu |

Graduate

* Master's degree in hydraulic engineering

| Han | Male  |

Five

* Party offices
* General Secretary, 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
* President of the People's Republic of China

| [5]
Hui Liangyu | 回良玉 | Old | Not | 1944  | 1969  | Jilin |

Undergraduate

* Undergraduate degree in economics

| Hui | Male  |

One

* State office
* Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China

| [6]
Jia Qinglin | 贾庆林 | Old | Not | 1940  | 1959  | Hebei |

Graduate

* Master's degree in engineering of electric motor and appliance design and manufacture

| Han | Male  |

One

* Organisational office
* Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

| [7]
Li Changchun | 李长春 | Old | Not | 1944  | 1965  | Liaoning |

Graduate

* Master's degree in industrial enterprise automation engineering

| Han | Male  |

Two

* Party office
* Chairman, Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization

| [8]
Li Keqiang | 李克强 | New | Elected | 1955  | 1974  | Hefei |

Graduate

* Doctoral degree in Marxist legal studies
* Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering

| Han | Male  |

One

* State office
* First-ranked Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China

| [9]
Li Yuanchao | 李源潮 | New | Elected | 1950  | 1978  | Jiangsu |

Graduate

* Doctoral degree in Marxist legal studies
* Master's degree in mathematics
* Master's degree in management science
* Graduate programme in scientific socialism

| Han | Male  |

One

* Party office
* Head, Organization Department of the Central Committee

| [10]
Liu Qi | 刘淇 | Old | Not | 1942  | 1975  | Jiangsu |

Graduate

* Graduate degree in iron-smelting

| Han | Male  |

One

* State office
* Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China

| [11]
Liu Yandong | 刘延东 | New | Elected | 1945  | 1964  | Jiangsu |

Graduate

* Master's degree in sociology

| Han | Female  |

One

* State office
* State Councillor of the People's Republic of China

| [12]
Liu Yunshan | 刘云山 | Old | Elected | 1947  | 1971  | Shanxi |

Not public

* Was given a university education at the Central Party School

| Han | Male  |

One

* Party office
* Head, Publicity Department of the Central Committee

| [13]
Wang Gang | 王刚 | Alternate | Not | 1942  | 1971  | Jilin |

Undergraduate

* Undergraduate degree in philosophy

| Han | Male  |

One

* Organisational office
* Vice Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

| [14]
Wang Lequan | 王乐泉 | Old | Not | 1944  | 1966  | Shandong |

Graduate

* Doctoral degree, but unknown in which subject.

| Han | Male  |

Two

* Party offices
* Deputy Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Central Committee
* Secretary, Xinjiang Provincial Party Committee

| [15]
Wang Qishan | 王岐山 | New | Elected | 1948  | 1983  | Shanxi |

Undergraduate

* Undergraduate degree in history

| Han | Male  |

One

* State office
* Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China

| [16]
Wang Yang | 汪洋 | New | Elected | 1955  | 1975  | Anhui |

Graduate

* Master's degree in management science
* Bachelor's degree in public administration
* Programme in political economy

| Han | Male  |

One

* Party office
* Secretary, Guangdong Provincial Committee

| [17]
Wang Zhaoguo | 王兆国 | Old | Not | 1941  | 1965  | Hebei |

Graduate

* Master's degree in engineering.

| Han | Male  |

Two

* Organisational office
* Chairman, Central Committee of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions
* State office
* Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

| [18]
Wen Jiabao | 温家宝 | Old | Not | 1942  | 1965  | Tianjin |

Graduate

* Doctoral degree in geological survey
* Bachelor's degree in structural geology

| Han | Male  |

One

* State office
* Premier of the People's Republic of China

| [19]
Wu Bangguo | 吴邦国 | Old | Not | 1941  | 1964  | Anhui |

Graduate

* Master's degree in engineering

| Han | Male  |

One

* State office
* Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

| [20]
Xi Jinping | 习近平 | New | Elected | 1953  | 1974  | Beijing |

Graduate

* Doctoral degree in Marxist legal studies
* Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering

| Han | Male  |

Four

* Party offices
* First-ranked secretary, Central Committee Secretariat
* President, Central Party School of the Central Committee
* Military office
* Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission
* State offices
* Vice President of the People's Republic of China

| [21]
Xu Caihou | 徐才厚 | New | Not | 1943  | 1971  | Hebei |

Not public

* Attained a degree in military engineering

| Han | Male  |

One

* Military office
* Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission

| [22]
Yu Zhengsheng | 俞正声 | Old | Elected | 1945  | 1964  | Zhejiang |

Graduate

* Graduate programme in Missile engineering

| Han | Male  |

Two

* Organisational office
* Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
* Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification

| [23]
Zhang Dejiang | 张德江 | Old | Elected | 1946  | 1971  | Liaoning |

Graduate

* Graduate programme in world economics
* Undergraduate degree in Korean

| Han | Male  |

Two

* Party office
* Secretary, Chongqing Municipal Committee
* State office
* Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China

| [24]
Zhang Gaoli | 张高丽 | New | Elected | 1946  | 1973  | Fujian |

Graduate

* Graduate programme in economics

| Han | Male  |

One

* Party office
* Secretary, Tianjin Municipal Committee

| [25]
Zhou Yongkang | 周永康 | Old | Not | 1942  | 1964  | Jiangsu |

Graduate

* Master's degree in geophysical survey and exploration

| Han | Male  |

One

* Party office
* Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission

| [26]

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* t
* e

Chinese Communist Party

Central Committee|

| Leader|

* Chen Duxiu (1921–1927)
* Xiang Zhongfa (1928–1931)
* Bo Gu (1931–1935)
* Zhang Wentian (1935–1943)
* Mao Zedong (1943–1976)
* Hua Guofeng (1976–1981)
* Hu Yaobang (1981–1987)
* Zhao Ziyang (1987–1989)
* Jiang Zemin (1989–2002)
* Hu Jintao (2002–2012)
* Xi Jinping (2012–present)

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Decision-making bodies|

* General Secretary
* Politburo (Standing Committee)
* Secretariat
* Central Military Commission

Departments|

1. Organization Department
2. Publicity Department
3. United Front Work Department
4. International Department
5. Society Work Department
6. Political and Legal Affairs Commission

Directly administered|

* General Office
* Office of the General Secretary
* Central Guard Bureau
* Central Guard Unit
* Secrecy Office
* Cryptography Office
* Central Archives
* Policy Research Office

Commissions
for co-ordination|

* Auditing
* Comprehensively Deepening Reforms
* Comprehensive Law-based Governance
* Financial
* Financial and Economic Affairs
* Foreign Affairs
* Cyberspace Affairs
* Office
* Integrated Military and Civilian Development
* National Security
* Science and Technology
* Spiritual Civilization
* Institutional Organization
* Office
* Secrecy
* Office
* Health
* Party and State Merit and Honor Commendation
* Air Traffic Management

Dispatched institutions
for co-ordination|

* Working Committee of Central and State Organs
* Central Financial Work Commission
* Hong Kong Work Committee
* Macau Work Committee
* Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong

Leading groups|

* Cryptography Work
* Office
* Education
* Rural Work
* Inspection Work
* Military Reform
* Propaganda, Ideology and Culture
* Party Building
* United Front Work
* Taiwan
* Office
* Hong Kong and Macau
* Office

Others|

* Central Party School
* Chinese Academy of Governance
* Institute of Party History and Literature
* People's Daily
* Qiushi
* Guangming Daily
* Executive Leadership Academies
* Pudong
* Yan'an
* Jinggangshan

National Congress|

* 1st (1921)
* 2nd (1922)
* 3rd (1923)
* 4th (1925)
* 5th (1927)
* 6th (1928)
* 7th (1945)
* 8th (1956)
* 9th (1969)
* 10th (1973)
* 11th (1977)
* 12th (1982)
* 13th (1987)
* 14th (1992)
* 15th (1997)
* 16th (2002)
* 17th (2007)
* 18th (2012)
* 19th (2017)
* 20th (2022)

Leadership sittings|

| Elected by the
Central Committee|

| Politburo Standing Committee|

* 4th: 1927
* 5th: 1927–1928
* 6th: 1928–1945
* 7th: 1945–1956
* 8th: 1956–1969
* 9th: 1969–1973
* 10th: 1973–1977
* 11th: 1977–1982
* 12th: 1982–1987
* 13th: 1987–1992
* 14th: 1992–1997
* 15th: 1997–2002
* 16th: 2002–2007
* 17th: 2007–2012
* 18th: 2012–2017
* 19th: 2017–2022
* 20th: 2022–2027

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Politburo|

* 3rd: 1923–1925
* 4th: 1925–1927
* 5th: 1927–1928
* 6th: 1928–1945
* 7th: 1945–1956
* 8th: 1956–1969
* 9th: 1969–1973
* 10th: 1973–1977
* 11th: 1977–1982
* 12th: 1982–1987
* 13th: 1987–1992
* 14th: 1992–1997
* 15th: 1997–2002
* 16th: 2002–2007
* 17th: 2007–2012
* 18th: 2012–2017
* 19th: 2017–2022
* 20th: 2022–2027

Military Commission|

* 7th: 1945–1949 & 1954–1956
* 8th: 1956–1969
* 9th: 1969–1973
* 10th: 1973–1977
* 11th: 1977–1982
* 12th: 1982–1987
* 13th: 1987–1992
* 14th: 1992–1997
* 15th: 1997–2002
* 16th: 2002–2007
* 17th: 2007–2012
* 18th: 2012–2017
* 19th: 2017–2022
* 20th: 2022–2027

Approved by the
Central Committee|

| Secretariat|

* 8th: 1956–1969
* 11th: 1980–1982
* 12th: 1982–1987
* 13th: 1987–1992
* 14th: 1992–1997
* 15th: 1997–2002
* 16th: 2002–2007
* 17th: 2007–2012
* 18th: 2012–2017
* 19th: 2017–2022
* 20th: 2022–2027

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CCDI Standing Committee|

* 7th 1949–1956
* 8th: 1956–1969
* 11th: 1978–1982
* 12th: 1982–1987
* 13th: 1987–1992
* 14th: 1992–1997
* 15th: 1997–2002
* 16th: 2002–2007
* 17th: 2007–2012
* 18th: 2012–2017
* 19th: 2017–2022
* 20th: 2022–2027

CCDI Secretary|

* Zhu De (1949–55)
* Dong Biwu (1955–68)
* Chen Yun (1978–87)
* Qiao Shi (1987–92)
* Wei Jianxing (1992–2002)
* Wu Guanzheng (2002–07)
* He Guoqiang (2007–12)
* Wang Qishan (2012–17)
* Zhao Leji (2017–22)
* Li Xi (2022–)

Others|

* Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
* Secretary General of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

Elected by
National Congress|

| Central Committee|

* 1st: 1921–1922
* 2nd: 1922–1923
* 3rd: 1923–1925
* 4th: 1925–1927
* 5th: 1927–1928
* 6th: 1928–1945 (Members
* Alternates)
* 7th: 1945–1956 (Members
* Alternates)
* 8th: 1956–1969 (Members
* Alternates)
* 9th: 1969–1973 (Members
* Alternates)
* 10th: 1973–1977
* 11th: 1977–1982
* 12th: 1982–1987
* 13th: 1987–1992
* 14th: 1992–1997
* 15th: 1997–2002
* 16th: 2002–2007
* 17th: 2007–2012
* 18th: 2012–2017
* 19th: 2017–2022
* 20th: 2022–2027

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Discipline Inspection|

* 5th: 1927–1928
* 6th: 1928–1933 & 1933–1945
* 7th: 1949–1955 & 1955–1956
* 8th: 1956–1969
* 11th: 1978–1982
* 12th: 1982–1987
* 13th: 1987–1992
* 14th: 1992–1997
* 15th: 1997–2022
* 16th: 2002–2007
* 17th: 2007–2012
* 18th: 2012–2017
* 19th: 2017–2022
* 20th: 2022–2027

Wider organisation|

* Constitution
* People's Liberation Army
* People's Armed Police
* Militia (China)
* Communist Youth League of China
* Central Committee
* Young Pioneers of China
* United front (China)
* People's organization

Ideologies|

* Marxism–Leninism
* Mao Zedong Thought
* Socialism with Chinese characteristics
* Deng Xiaoping Theory
* Three Represents
* Scientific Outlook on Development
* Xi Jinping Thought

Groupings|

* Shanghai clique
* Tuanpai
* Tsinghua clique
* Eight Elders
* Princelings
* Xi Jinping faction
* Xishan Society
* Gang of Four
* 28 Bolsheviks

Related articles|

* Liuzhi
* Neoauthoritarianism
* List of campaigns of the Chinese Communist Party
* Longest-serving members of the Politburo Standing Committee
* Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party

Category

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17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2007–2012)

Standing Committee|

1. Hu Jintao (General Secretary)
2. Wu Bangguo
3. Wen Jiabao
4. Jia Qinglin
5. Li Changchun
6. Xi Jinping
7. Li Keqiang
8. He Guoqiang
9. Zhou Yongkang

Other members
in surname stroke order|

* Wang Gang
* Wang Lequan
* Wang Zhaoguo
* Wang Qishan
* Hui Liangyu
* Liu Qi
* Liu Yunshan
* Liu Yandong ♀
* Li Yuanchao
* Wang Yang
* Zhang Gaoli
* Zhang Dejiang
* Yu Zhengsheng
* Xu Caihou
* Guo Boxiong
* Bo Xilai (expelled 2012)

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*[Offices held]: All offices held during the 11th term of the Politburo.
*[Ref.]: References.
*[New]: Not a Member of the Politburo of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
*[Expelled]: By a decision of the Political Bureau, Bo Xilai lost his membership on 10 April 2012 and was expelled from the Party on 28 September. This decision was later ratified by the 7th plenary session of the 17th Central Committee on 4 November.
*[Old]: Member of the Politburo of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
*[Not]: Not elected to the Politburo of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
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