16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

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The 16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), formally the Political Bureau of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected at the 1st plenary session of the 16th Central Committee of the CCP on 15 November 2002 in the aftermath of the 16th National Congress. This electoral term was preceded by the 15th Politburo and succeeded by the 17th. Of the 24 members, nine served in the 16th Politburo Standing Committee.

Composition

Members

Members of the Political Bureau of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Name	Hanzi	15th POL	17th POL	Birth	PM	Death	Birthplace	Academic attainment	Ethnicity	Gender	No. of offices
Cao Gangchuan	曹刚川	New	Reelected	1938	1956	Alive	Henan	Graduate Master's degree in military engineering A degree in Russian language	Han	Male	Two State offices State Councillor of the People's Republic of China Minister of National Defence
Chen Liangyu	陈良宇	New	Expelled	1946	1980	Alive	Hebei	Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in architectural structure	Han	Male	Two Party office Secretary, Shanghai Municipal Committee State office Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government
Guo Boxiong	郭伯雄	New	Reelected	1942	1961	Alive	Shaanxi	Not made public Attained a degree in military science	Han	Male	One Military office Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission
He Guoqiang	贺国强	New	Reelected	1943	1966	Alive	Hunan	Graduate Master's degree in chemical engineering	Han	Male	One Party office Head, Organisation Department, Central Committee
Hu Jintao	胡锦涛	Old	Reelected	1942	1964	Alive	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
Huang Ju	黄菊	Old	Died	1938	1966	2007	Shanghai	Graduate Master's degree in electrical machinery manufacturing	Han	Male	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
Hui Liangyu	回良玉	New	Reelected	1944	1969	Alive	Jilin	Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in economics	Hui	Male	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
Jia Qinglin	贾庆林	Old	Reelected	1940	1959	Alive	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
Li Changchun	李长春	Old	Reelected	1944	1965	Alive	Liaoning	Graduate Master's degree in industrial enterprise automation engineering	Han	Male	Two Party office Chairman, Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization
Liu Qi	刘淇	New	Reelected	1942	1975	Alive	Jiangsu	Graduate Graduate degree in iron-smelting	Han	Male	Two Party office Secretary, Beijing Municipal Party Committee State office Mayor of the Beijing Municipal People's Government
Liu Yunshan	刘云山	New	Reelected	1947	1971	Alive	Shanxi	Not made public Was given a university education at the Central Party School	Han	Male	One Party office Head, Publicity Department of the Central Committee
Luo Gan	罗干	Old	Not	1935	1960	Alive	Shandong	Graduate Master's degree in engineering	Han	Male	One Party office Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
Wang Lequan	王乐泉	New	Reelected	1944	1966	Alive	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
Wang Zhaoguo	王兆国	New	Reelected	1941	1965	Alive	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
Wen Jiabao	温家宝	Old	Reelected	1942	1965	Alive	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
Wu Bangguo	吴邦国	Old	Reelected	1941	1964	2024	Anhui	Graduate Master's degree in engineering	Han	Male	One State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Wu Guanzheng	吴官正	Old	Not	1938	1963	Alive	Jiangxi	Graduate Doctoral degree in engineering	Han	Male	One Party office Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
Wu Yi	吴仪	Alternate	Not	1938	1962	Alive	Wuhan	Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in petroleum refinery engineering	Han	Female	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
Yu Zhengsheng	俞正声	New	Reelected	1945	1964	Alive	Zhejiang	Graduate Graduate programme in Missile engineering	Han	Male	One Party office Secretary, Hubei Provincial Party Committee
Zeng Peiyan	曾培炎	New	Not	1939	1978	Alive	Zhejiang	Graduate Master's degree in electrical engineering	Han	Male	One Party office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
Zeng Qinghong	曾庆红	Alternate	Not	1939	1960	Alive	Jiangxi	Graduate Master's degree in engineering	Han	Male	Two Party office President, Central Party School of the Central Committee State office Vice President of the People's Republic of China
Zhang Dejiang	张德江	New	Reelected	1946	1971	Alive	Liaoning	Graduate Graduate programme in world economics Undergraduate degree in Korean	Han	Male	Two Party office Secretary, Guangdong Provincial Party Committee
Zhang Lichang	张立昌	New	Not	1939	1966	2008	Hebei	Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in economic management	Han	Male	Two Party office Secretary, Tianjin Municipal Committee State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the Tianjin Municipal People's Congress
Zhou Yongkang	周永康	New	Reelected	1942	1964	Alive	Jiangsu	Graduate Master's degree in geophysical survey and exploration	Han	Male	Two State offices State Councillor of the People's Republic of China Minister of Public Security

Alternate

Alternate of the Political Bureau of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Name	Hanzi	15th POL	17th POL	Birth	PM	Birthplace	Academic attainment	Ethnicity	Gender	No. of offices	Ref.
Wang Gang	王刚	New	Member	1942	1971	Jilin province	Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in philosophy	Han	Male	One Party office Head, General Office of the Central Committee

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(in Chinese) Gazette of the 1st Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee

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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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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

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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
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

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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

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v t e 16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2002–2007)
Standing Committee	Hu Jintao (General Secretary) Wu Bangguo Wen Jiabao Jia Qinglin Zeng Qinghong Huang Ju (died 2007) Wu Guanzheng Li Changchun Luo Gan
Other members in surname stroke order	Wang Lequan Wang Zhaoguo Hui Liangyu Liu Qi Liu Yunshan Wu Yi Zhang Lichang Zhang Dejiang Chen Liangyu (expelled 2006) Zhou Yongkang Yu Zhengsheng He Guoqiang Guo Boxiong Cao Gangchuan Zeng Peiyan
Alternate member	Wang Gang
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