18th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

The 18th Politburo Standing Committee, formally the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee on 15 November 2012, in the aftermath of the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It was preceded by the CCP's 17th Politburo Standing Committee and was succeeded by the 19th in 2017.

Meetings

Disclosed meetings of the 18th Politburo Standing Committee
Date	Length	Type	Ref.
23 April 2013	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[1]
25 April 2013	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[2]
29 June 2013	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[3]
30 July 2013	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[4]
20 August 2014	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[5]
16 January 2015	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[6]
4 June 2015	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[7]
20 August 2015	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[8]
7 January 2016	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[9]
10 January 2017	1 day	Ordinary meeting	^[10]

Composition

Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
^[11]
Rank		Hanzi	17th PSC	19th PSC	Birth	PM	Birthplace	Academic attainment	No. of offices	Ref.
1	Xi Jinping	习近平	Old	Reelected	1953	1974	Beijing	Graduate Doctoral degree in Marxist legal studies Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering	Eleven Party offices General Secretary, Central Committee Chairman, National Security Commission of the Central Committee Chairman, Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms 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	^[12]
2	Li Keqiang	李克强	Old	Reelected	1955	1974	Hefei	Graduate Master's degree in business administration Graduate programme in world economics Graduate programme in engineering management Undergraduate degree in agricultural mechanisation	Seven Party offices Head, Central Institutional Organisation Commission of the Central Committee Deputy Chairman, Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission of the Central Committee Deputy Chairman, Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission of the Central Committee Deputy Chairman, Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission of the Central Committee State offices Premier, State Council of the People's Republic of China Head, State Council Leading Party Members Group Head, Central Leading Group for Climate Change and Emissions Reduction	^[13]
3	Zhang Dejiang	张德江	New	Not	1946	1971	Liaoning	Graduate Graduate programme in world economics Undergraduate degree in Korean	Two Party office Deputy Chairman, National Security Commission of the Central Committee State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[14]
4	Yu Zhengsheng	俞正声	New	Not	1945	1964	Zhejiang	Graduate Graduate programme in Missile engineering	Two Organisational office Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification	^[15]
5	Liu Yunshan	刘云山	New	Not	1947	1971	Shanxi	Not made public Was given a university education at the Central Party School	Three Party office First-ranked Secretary, Secretariat of the Central Committee President, Central Party School of the Central Committee Head, Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization of the Central Committee	^[16]
6	Wang Qishan	王岐山	New	Not	1948	1983	Shanxi	Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in history	Two Party offices Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Head, Central Leading Group for Inspection Work	^[17]
7	Zhang Gaoli	张高丽	New	Not	1946	1973	Fujian	Graduate Graduate programme in economics	Nine Party offices Deputy Head, Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms State offices First-ranked Vice Premier, State Council of the People's Republic of China Deputy Head, National Leading Group for Climate Change and for Energy Conservation & Reduction of Pollution Discharge Head, Leading Group for Rejuvenating the Northeast Region and Other Old Industrial Bases Head, Leading Group for Western Region Development Head, Leading Group for the 1st Nationwide Geography Conditions Survey Head, Leading Group for Nationwide Economy Census Head, Office of South-to-North Water Diversion Project Deputy Chairman, National Energy Commission	^[18]

References

^ "The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting to further comprehensively deploy Sichuan's Lushan earthquake relief work Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting and delivered an important speech" [中共中央政治局常务委员会召开会议进一步全面部署四川芦山抗震救灾工作中共中央总书记习近平主持会议并发表重要讲话] (in Chinese). Communist Party Membership Network. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
^ "The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting, and Xi Jinping presided over and delivered a speech" [中共中央政治局常务委员会召开会议习近平主持并讲话] (in Chinese). Communist Party Membership Network. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ "Yu Zhengsheng conveyed the spirit of the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee at the Xinjiang cadres meeting" [俞正声在新疆干部大会上传达中共中央政治局常委会会议精神] (in Chinese). Communist Party Membership Network. 29 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ "Xi Jinping presided over the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to analyze and study the economic situation" [习近平主持中共中央政治局会议分析研究经济形势] (in Chinese). Communist Party Membership Network. 29 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ "The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting to deploy the Ludian earthquake relief and post-disaster reconstruction work fully Xi Jinping presided over the meeting and delivered an important speech" [中共中央政治局常务委员会召开会议全面部署鲁甸地震抗震救灾和灾后重建工作习近平主持会议并发表重要讲话] (in Chinese). Communist Party Membership Network. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ "The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting" [中共中央政治局常务委员会召开会议] (in Chinese). Communist Party Membership Network. 16 January 2015. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ "The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting to make arrangements for the rescue and handling of the sinking of passenger ships" [中共中央政治局常委会召开会议部署客轮翻沉事件救援处置工作] (in Chinese). State Council of the People's Republic of China. 4 June 2015. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ "The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting to listen to a report on the rescue and emergency handling of the severe fire and explosion accident of the dangerous goods warehouse of Rui Hai Company in Tianjin Port on 8 August and made arrangements for the next step. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting and delivered an important speech" [中共中央政治局常务委员会召开会议专题听取关于天津港“8·12”瑞海公司危险品仓库特别重大火灾爆炸事故抢险救援和应急处置情况汇报就做好下一步工作作出部署中共中央总书记习近平主持会议并发表重要讲话] (in Chinese). Communist Party Membership Network. 20 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ "Xi Jinping presided over the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee" [习近平主持中共中央政治局常委会会议] (in Chinese). Communist Party Membership Network. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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^ "Zhang Gaoli 张高丽". China Vitae. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

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Standing Committee	Xi Jinping (General Secretary) Li Keqiang Zhang Dejiang Yu Zhengsheng Liu Yunshan Wang Qishan Zhang Gaoli
Other members in surname stroke order	Ma Kai Wang Huning Liu Yandong ♀ Liu Qibao Xu Qiliang Sun Chunlan Sun Zhengcai (expelled 2017) Li Jianguo Li Yuanchao Wang Yang Zhang Chunxian Fan Changlong Meng Jianzhu Zhao Leji Hu Chunhua Li Zhanshu Guo Jinlong Han Zheng
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18th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

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Meetings

Composition

References

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