The 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party () was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee on 23 October 2022, shortly following the 20th National Congress. It was nominally preceded by the 19th Politburo.

Background

According to party convention, party leaders aged 68 or above are not eligible to remain in the Politburo. Prior to the Congress,

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stated that he would not be retiring, and instead would seek a third term of the

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. On 22 October 2022, following publication of the list of members of the new

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, it was reported that four of the seven Politburo Standing Committee members from the 19th Politburo were not on the list.

Li Zhanshu Li Zhanshu (; born August 30, 1950) is a Chinese politician, and the current outgoing chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the Chinese Speaker. He was the third-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committe ...

, aged 72, and

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, aged 68 were expected to retire from the Politburo following the party convention. While

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and

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were eligible to serve another term, as they are both aged 67, their absence from the list of the new Central Committee members instead means they will go into an early retirement. The three remaining Standing Committee members from the 19th Politburo were Xi Jinping,

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, and

Zhao Leji Zhao Leji (; born 8 March 1957) is a senior Chinese leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), who is the third-ranking member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, the party's top decision-making body. In his earlier political career, he s ...

Members

Standing Committee members

All members

: ''In stroke order of surnames ''

Commentary

The 20th CCP Politburo was noted as the first to include a former Minister of State Security and the first Politburo with no women in 25 years.

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References

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