China's 2022 20th National Party Congress

[Amled]

This was one very confused looking former Chinese President Hu who was shown the door at the close of the CCP’s convention.
In front of not only a packed auditorium filled with party faithful, but the television cameras of the whole world,
he was physically ejected from the auditorium by two “ushers”!
Must be quite a come-down, from where you one moment is sitting next to your successor President Xi, to what…?
What caused the breach between the two will probably remain conjecture, but the venue where Xi brought it to light is interesting!
It’s not the first time a despotic leader has used such a venue!
Two come to mind!
Saddam in his heyday at a full meeting with his Party faithful did a variation, in that he started to read names from a list.
As they were read out they were escorted out; most of them to bullet in the back of the head.
Stalin too; at a Communist Party Convention had a list he read out! They too were led out, either to a bullet or a stay in a Gulag.
The choice of venue is what makes it interesting. In all three cases the victims could have been rounded up late at night,
but no, it was done in full view of the faithful!
It hammers two very critical facts in with 7” inch nails!
The absolute power of the person issuing the expulsions!
That in all three cases the venue was carried out in the presence of the party faithful showed them, that no one was sacrosanct!
All hail President-for-Life Xi!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGB2AnA6MKo

[DOR]

On the road and away from my usual databases.
The Hu Jintao episode, and the failure of Hu Chunhua — Jintao’s protoge — to get on to the PBSC are a sharp poke in the eye to the CYL faction, followed by a swift kick n the balls and an invitation to bend over.

Newcomers Cai Qi, Li Xi, and especially Ding Xuexiang are all Xi Jinping yes-men.
Li Qiang, the Premier-in-waiting, will not impress the markets.
Wang Huning’s retention is a bit surprising, as he’s already 68, so that convention’s toast.
Zhao Leji staying on was expected, but switching from DIC to NPC is very suspect.
Li Xi takes over discipline, as DIC Head. Interestingly, he took over running Guangdong from … Hu Chunhua!

The new PLA men on the Politburo (no PBSC seats for soldiers) are long-time Xi ally Zhang Youxia and former Eastern Commander He Weidong.

And, a ton of provincial bosses on the Politburo, many of whom will move up in the coming weeks.

Clarification: Li Xi took over Guangdong from Hu Chunhua long ago.

[Joćo]

This was one very confused looking former Chinese President Hu who was shown the door at the close of the CCP’s convention.
In front of not only a packed auditorium filled with party faithful, but the television cameras of the whole world,
he was physically ejected from the auditorium by two “ushers”!
Must be quite a come-down, from where you one moment is sitting next to your successor President Xi, to what…?
What caused the breach between the two will probably remain conjecture, but the venue where Xi brought it to light is interesting!
It’s not the first time a despotic leader has used such a venue!
Two come to mind!
Saddam in his heyday at a full meeting with his Party faithful did a variation, in that he started to read names from a list.
As they were read out they were escorted out; most of them to bullet in the back of the head.
Stalin too; at a Communist Party Convention had a list he read out! They too were led out, either to a bullet or a stay in a Gulag.
The choice of venue is what makes it interesting. In all three cases the victims could have been rounded up late at night,
but no, it was done in full view of the faithful!
It hammers two very critical facts in with 7” inch nails!
The absolute power of the person issuing the expulsions!
That in all three cases the venue was carried out in the presence of the party faithful showed them, that no one was sacrosanct!
All hail President-for-Life Xi!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGB2AnA6MKo

Yes, a message to others!

[tbm3fan]

So Xi vows that China will be the pre-eminent military power by 2049, the pre-eminent political power by 2049, and the pre-eminent global power that sets the standards? Pretty bold and I assume he thinks someone will carry on for him unless he is able to make it to the age of 96.

[DOR]

So Xi vows that China will be the pre-eminent military power by 2049, the pre-eminent political power by 2049, and the pre-eminent global power that sets the standards? Pretty bold and I assume he thinks someone will carry on for him unless he is able to make it to the age of 96.

Ah, you seem to think Xi Dada is a mere mortal!
Off to the salt mines with you, worm !

[DOR]

Straits Times (Singapore)
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/ea...f-for-conflict

BEIJING – In the clearest sign yet that China is bracing itself for a possible showdown with the United States over Taiwan, an overage People’s Liberation Army (PLA) general with combat experience was re-elected as vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) on Sunday.

President Xi Jinping bent the unwritten “seven up, eight down” rule for General Zhang Youxia, 72, a veteran of the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War and one of a handful of PLA generals with combat experience.

Gen Zhang, previously the CMC’s second-ranked vice-chairman, was elected first vice-chairman of the commission and retained his seat in the 24-member Politburo following a meeting of the Communist Party elite on Sunday.

The party’s unofficial norm dictates that those aged over 68 are not eligible to stay on in or be further promoted to the Politburo at the start of a new term.

His election at the first plenum, a meeting of the party’s Central Committee that kicks off a new five-year term the day after the end of a party congress, confirms previous predictions by The Straits Times.

The CMC is China’s military high command, in charge of over two million active personnel in the PLA. It is chaired by Mr Xi and supported by two vice-chairmen and four members.

Like Mr Xi, Gen Zhang is a native of Shaanxi province and a “princeling” – the offspring of China’s political elite. Their fathers were known to be close friends.

Gen Zhang is the oldest in the new 205-member Central Committee, from which members of the Politburo Standing Committee – the pinnacle of power in China – and the wider Politburo are drawn.

The new second-ranked vice-chair of the CMC is General He Weidong, 65, who was also elected to the Politburo.

He served as commander of the PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command (ETC) from 2019 to January 2022, overseeing forces from the PLA’s various branches in charge of the 180km Taiwan Strait separating Taiwan and the Chinese mainland.

Dr James Char, an associate research fellow at the China Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, said Gen He’s promotion will boost the PLA’s “operational readiness for a contingency in the Taiwan Strait”. He pointed out that the PLA’s key strategic focus is Taiwan, which the ETC is largely responsible for.

Another notable addition to the CMC is PLA Army commander, General Liu Zhenli, 58, who – like Gen Zhang – has actual combat experience.

“Like Zhang Youxia, Liu Zhenli stands out for having hard operational experience in the Sino-Vietnam conflict. He also has experience, first as chief of staff and then commander of the PLAA, as well as chief of staff of the People’s Armed Police,” said Dr Char.

The last new addition to the CMC is General Li Shangfu, 64, who served under Gen Zhang during the latter’s previous commands, and was likely handpicked by the CMC vice-chairman.

“As a veteran in the conduct of high-tech military operations and having been deputy commander of the PLA Strategic Support Force, his promotion is in line with the PLA’s stated goal to enhance its informationised warfare capacity, and to help the PLA progress to intelligentised warfare,” said Dr Char.

The two remaining CMC members – Navy Admiral Miao Hua, 67, and General Zhang Shengmin, 64 – were re-elected, but are believed to have not been further promoted as they are political commissars and not operational experts.

Adm Miao is director of the Political Work Department, CMC’s political organ, while Gen Zhang is the military’s top anti-corruption official.

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Last two generals with actual combat experience don’t have any successors with similar experience.

[DOR]

Five surprises about China’s new leadership lineup


CHENG LI
Director, John L. Thornton China Center

Given the opaque nature of Chinese leadership changes, observers expected many surprises at the 20th Party Congress, yet I’m still astonished by some of the appointments.

Surprise 1: I knew there would be minimal representation of women in the top leadership ranks, but I never thought that the Politburo would consist of all men and not a single woman, something that has not occurred in 25 years.

Surprise 2: I knew that Hu Jintao’s protégés, those leaders whose careers advanced largely through the Communist Youth League ranks (known as tuanpai), would face diminished representation in the leadership, but I never expected that the PSC or Politburo would not include at least one tuanpai leader.

Surprise 3: I predicted that Xi would not follow conventional norms, but I did not expect that the primary candidate for premier, Li Qiang, would lack experience serving as a vice premier, a prerequisite throughout PRC history.

Surprise 4: I knew it was not in Xi’s interest to identify a successor. I expected that he would need to promote younger sixth generation (6G) leaders, but I never predicted that the two younger leaders, Li Qiang and Ding Xuexiang, would both be positioned to serve in the State Council as premier and executive vice premier.

Surprise 5: I believed that the military leadership would change substantially, but I never thought that the two Central Military Commission vice chairman would be Zhang Youxia and He Weidong. Zhang, born in 1950, is the oldest in the leadership ranks, whereas He Weidong jumped two or three steps to assume this position. These appointments reflect the leadership’s focus on Taiwan.


https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order...-congress/amp/

[DOR]

The Chinese Communist Party's 20th Central Committee

The CCP's new Central Committee is considerably younger than previous incarnations, and decidedly more Han and male. For the first time since 1997-2002 (the 15th congress), there are no women on the politburo. What is very well represented are cadres loyal to General Secretary Xi Jinping.

The membership includes 11 women (5.4%), two of whom are from minority groups. The highest ranking woman in the party is Discipline Inspection Commission Deputy Secretary Yu Hongqiu.
Among minorities, the two highest ranking are from the DIC: Manchu Li Xinran and Naxi Yin Bai are both DIC Standing Committee members, a group of just 19 people. Three of the eight DIC Deputy Secretaries are also full members of the Central Committee (as is DIC Secretary Li Xi, a member of the PBSC).

There are two full and one alternate Mongolian members; one full and three alternate Tibetans; one full and one alternate Uygur; one full and two alternate Zhuangs; one full and two alternate Hui; one full and one alternate Bai; one full Tujia; one Kazak member; four alternate Manchus; and three alternate Miao members.

Of the 205 full members, 37 (18%) were born in the 1950s. Xi Jinping, who will turn 70 in June 2023, is second oldest, after his close colleague General Zhang Youxia (72).

Pplitburo Standing Committee: Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi

Politburo: Ding Xuexiang, Xi Jinping, Ma Xingrui, Wang Yi, Wang Huning, Yin Li, Shi Taifeng, Liu Guozhong, Li Xi, Li Qiang, Li Ganjie, Li Shulei, Li Hongzhong, He Weidong, He Lifeng, Zhang Youxia, Zhang Guoqing, Chen Wenqing, Chen Jining, Chen Min'er, Zhao Leji, Yuan Jiajun, Huang Kunming, Cai Qi

Secretariat: Cai Qi, Shi Taifeng, Li Ganjie, Li Shulei, Chen Wenqing, Liu Jinguo, Wang Xiaohong

Military Affairs Commission (MAC)
Chairman: Xi Jinping
Vice chairmen: Zhang Youxia, He Weidong
Members: Li Shangfu, Liu Zhenli, Miao Hua, Zhang Shengmin


Discipline Inspection Commission (DIC)
Secretary: Li Xi
Deputy secretaries: Liu Jinguo (CC), Zhang Shengmin (MAC, CC), Xiao Pei (CC), Yu Hongqiu (f.), Fu Kui, Sun Xinyang, Liu Xuexin, Zhang Fuhai
Standing Committee: Wang Xiaoping (f.), Wang Aiwen, Wang Hongjin, Liu Jinguo, Liu Xuexin, Xu Luode, Sun Xinyang, Li Xi, Li Xinran (Manchu), Xiao Pei, Zhang Shengmin, Zhang Fuhai, Chen Guoqiang, Zhao Shiyong, Hou Kai, Yin Bai (Naxi), Yu Hongqiu (f.), Fu Kui, Mu Hongyu (f)


CC Full members (the first job listed is current, followed by concurrent or former positions)

Bater/Bagatur (Mong.) (b. 2/55) _ CPPCC Vice Chair; ex-CC United Front Work Dept Dep Dir
Cai Jianjiang (b. 1963) _ Office of Air Traffic Management Commission Director
Cai Qi (b. 12/55) _ PBSC; Secretariat; ex-Beijing CCP Sec'y
Chang Dingqiu (b. 1/67) _ General, PLAAF Commander (9/21-)
Chen Gang (b. 4/65) _ All-China Federation of Trade Unions Sec'y, Hebei Vice-Gov
Chen Jining (b. 2/64) _ Politburo ;Shanghai CCP Sec'y (10/22-); ex-Beijing Mayor
Chen Min'er (b. 9/60) _ Politburo, Chongqing CCP Sec'y (7/17-)
Chen Wenqing (b. 1/60) _ Politburo; Secretariat; Commission for Political and Legal Afairs
Chen Xiaojiang (b. 6/62) _ Exec Deputy Director, CC United Front Work Dept; ex-Nat Sup
Chen Xu (f.) (b. 7/63) _ Deputy Director, CC United Front Work Dept
Chen Yixin (b. 9/59) _ State Security Minister (10/22-), Cen Pol & Legal Aff Sec'y-Gen'l
Cheng Lihua (f.) (b. 4/65) _ Anhui CCP Deputy Sec'y (4/21-)
Ding Xuedong (b. 2/60)) _ State Council Dep Sec'y Gen'l; exChina Investment Corp Chair
Ding Xuexiang (b. 9/62) _ PBSC, CC General Office Director, Xi Jinping Office Direcor
Dong Jun (b. 1963) _ Admiral, PLAN Commander (9/21-)
Erkin Tuniyaz (Uygur) (b. 12/61) _ Xinjiang Governor (9/21-)
Feng Fei (b. 12/62) _ Hainan Governor (12/20-)
Fu Hua (b. 8/64) _ Xinhua News Agency President (6/22-)
Gao Xiang (b. 10/63) _ Chinese Academy of History Pres (1/19-), CASS VP (11/18-)
Gao Zhidan (b. 1/63) _ St Gen Adm of Sports Dir (7/22-)
Gong Zheng (b. 3/60) _ Shanghai Mayor, CCP Dep Sec'y (3/20-); ex-Shandong Gov
Guo Puxiao (b. 1/64) _ General, PLAAF PC (1/22-)
Han Jun (b. 11/63) _ Jilin Governor (11/20-)
Han Wenxiu (b. 9/63) _ Cen Fin Leading Group Office Exec Dep Dir (12/18-), Reformer
Hao Peng (b. 7/60) _ State Assets Super Adm Comm Chair (5/19-); ex-Qinghai Gov
He Hongjun (b. 8/61) _ Lt. General, PLA GPD Deputy Director (4/19-)
He Junke (b. 2/69) _ CYL 1^st Secretary (7/21-), rocket engineer
He Lifeng (b. 2/55) _ Politburo, Nat'l Development and Reform Comm Min (2/17-)
He Rong (f.) (b. 10/62) _ Supreme People's Court Deputy Chief Justice, Exec VP (4/20-)
He Weidong (b. 5/57) _ Politburo; General, MAC Vice Chair (10/22-)
Hou Jianguo (b. 1959) _ Chinese Academy of Sciences President
Hou Kai (b. 4/62) _ National Audit Ofice Auditor-General; ex-Shanghai DIC Sec'y
Hu Changsheng (b. 12/63) _ Heilongjiang Governor (2/21-)
Hu Chunhua (b. 4/63) _ Vice Premier (3/18-); ex-PB member, Guangdong CCP Sec'y
Hu Henghua (b. 6/63) _ Chongqing Mayor (12/21-); ex-Shaanxi CCP Dep Sec'y
Hu Heping (b. 10/62) _ Culture & Tourism Min (8/20-); ex-Shaanxi CCP Sec'y
Hu Yuting (b. 7/64) _ Dalian CCP Dep Sec'y (10/21-), Liaoning Dep Sec'y (10/21-)
Hu Zhongming (b. 1/64) _ Vice Admiral, PLAN Chief-of-Staff (12/21-)
Huai Jinpeng (b. 12/62) _ Education Minister (8/21-); ex-Assoc for Sci & Tech CCP Sec'y
Huang Jianfa (b. 1/65) _ Zhejiang Pol & Legal Com Sec'y (7/22-), Zhejiang Dep Secy
Huang Kunming (b. 11/56) _ Politburo; Guangdong CCP Sec'y (10/22-), ex-CC Prop Dir
Huang Ming (b. 4/63) _ Lt General, PLA Ground Forces Chief-of-Staff (9/21-)
Huang Qiang (b. 4/63) _ Sichuan Governor (12/20-)
Huang Shouhong (b. 6/64) _ St Council Research Office Dir (7/16-)
Huang Xiaowei (f.) (b. 5/61) _ AllChina Women's Federation CCP Sec'y; ex-DIC Gen'l Office
Jin Xiangjun (b. 7/64) _ Tianjin CCP Deputy Sec'y
Jin Zhuanglong (b. 3/64) _ Industry and Information Technology Minister (7/22-)
Jing Junhai (b. 12/60) _ Jilin Governor; ex-Shaanxi cadre
Ju Qiansheng (b. 5/62) _ General, PLA Strategic Support Force Commander (6/21-)
Lan Fo'an (b. 6/62) _ Shanxi Governor (6/21-), ex-19^th DIC member
Lan Tianli (Zhuang) (b. 10/62) _ Guangxi Governor, CCP Dep Sec'y (10/20-)
Lei Fanpei (b. 5/63) _ ex-China Shipbuilding Chair (2018-22), China Aerospace Chair
Li Bingjun (b. 2/63) _ Guizhou Governor (11/20-)
Li Fengbiao (b. 10/59) _ General, Western Theater Command Political Commissar (6/21-)
Li Ganjie (b. 11/64) _ Politburo; Secretariat, Shandong CCP Sec'y (9/21-)
Li Guoying (b. 12/63) _ Water Resources Minister (2/21-); ex-Anhui Gov
Li Hongzhong (b. 8/56) _ Politburo, Tianjin CCP Sec'y (9/16-); ex-Hubei, Shenzhen
Li Lecheng (b. 3/65) _ Liaoning Governor (10/21-); ex-Hubei Vice Gov
Li Qiang (b. 7/59) _ PBSC; Premier-in-waiting; ex-Shanghai CCP Sec'y (10/17-10/22)
Li Qiaoming (b. 4/61) _ General, ex-Northern Theater Commander (9/17-9/22)
Li Shangfu (b. 2/58) _ Lt. General, MAC Member, PLA Equip Develop Dir (9/17-)
Li Shulei (b. 1/64) _ Politburo, CC Prop Dept Dir (10/22-); ex-CC Prop Exec Dep Dir
Li Wei (b. 9/60) _ General, PLA Strategic Support Force PC (12/20-)
Li Xi (b. 10/56) _ PBSC, DIC Sec'y (10/22-); ex-Guangdong Sec'y (10/17-10/22)
Li Xiaohong (b. 6/59) _ Chinese Academy of Engineering President (6/17-)
Li Xiaoxin (f.) (b. 10/62) _ St Comm Office for Public Sector Reform Dir (4/22-)
Li Yi (b. 1960) _ China Federation of Literary and Art Circles President
Li Yifei (b. 1/64) _ Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Sec'y, PC (10/21-)
Li Yuchao (b. 11/62) _ General, PLA Rocket Force Commander (1/22-)
Liang Huiling (f.) (b. 8/62) _ All-China Fed of Supply and Marketing Coops Chair (7/21-)
Liang Yanshun (b. 12/62) _ Ningxia CCP Sec'y (3/22-); ex-CC Prop Dept Dir
Lin Wu (b. 2/62) _ Shanxi CCP Sec'y (6/21-); ex-Shanxi Gov,
Lin Xiangyang (b. 10/64) _ General, Eastern Theater Command Commander (1/22-)
Liu Faqing (b. 6/64) _ Lt. General, Nat'l Def Mobilization Comm Sec'y-Gen (12/21-)
Liu Guozhong (b. 7/62) _ Politburo, Shaanxi CCP Sec'y (7/20-); ex-Shaanxi, Jilin governors
Liu Haixing (b. 4/63) _ Office of Central Nat'l Security Council Exec Dep Dir (7/22-)
Liu Jianchao (b. 2/64) _ CC Int'l Liaison Dept Dir (6/22-); ex-Zhejiang supervision dir
Liu Jinguo (b. 4/55) _ Secretariat, DIC Dep Sec'y (10/14-), Nat'l Super Com Dep Dir
Liu Junchen (b. 5/63) _ NPC Exec Dep Sec'y-Gen'l (7/22-)
Liu Ning (b. 1/62) _ Guangxi CCP Sec'y (10/21-); ex-Liaoning Governor
Liu Qingsong (b. 11/63) _ Admiral, Northern Theater Command PC (1/22-)
Liu Wei (b. 6/65) _ Jilin CCP Deputy Secretary (4/22-)
Liu Xiaoming (b. 9/64) _ Guangxi CCP Deputy Sec'y (3/21-)
Liu Zhenli (b. 8/64) _ General, MAC Member, PLA Ground Force Commander (6/21-)
Lu Zhiyuan (b. 8/64) _ Shandong CCP Deputy Sec'y (6/22-), Qingdao CCP Sec'y (9/21-)
Lou Yangsheng (b. 10/59) _ Henan CCP Sec'y (6/21-); ex-Shanxi Sec'y, Gov
Lu Hao (b. 6/67) _ CCP Sec'y St Council Development Research Center (6/22-)
Luo Wen (b. 12/64) _ St Adm for Market Supervision Dir (7/22-)
Ma Xiaowei (b. 12/59) _ National Health Commission Minister (3/18-), Red Cross Pres
Ma Xingrui (b. 10/59) _ Politburo, Xinjiang CCP Sec'y (12/21-), Guangdong, Shenzhen
Mao Weiming (b. 5/61) _ Hunan Governor (11/20-)
Meng Fanli (b. 9/65) _ Shenzhen CCP Sec'y (4/22-), Guangdong Deputy Sec'y (4/22-)
Meng Xiangfeng (b. 12/64) _ CCP CC General Office Exec Dep Dir (10/20-); ex-DIC
Miao Hua (b. 11/55) _ Admiral, MAC Member, PLA GPD Dir (10/17-)
Ni Hong (b. 10/62) _ Housing and Urban-Rural Development Minister (6/22-)
Ni Yuefeng (b. 9/64) _ Hebei CCP Sec'y (4/22-); ex-Customs head, Fuzhou CCP Sec'y
Nurlan Abelmanjen (Kazak) (b. 12/62) _ Xinjiang CPPCC Chair (1/13-)
Pan Yue (b. 4/60) _ State Ethnic Affairs Commission Minister (6/22-); ex-huaqiao dir
Pei Jinjia (b. 8/63) _ Veteran Affairs Minister (6/22-); ex-Xiamen, Fujian
Qi Yu (b. 4/61) _ Foreign Affairs Ministry CCP Sec'y (1/19-); ex-Organ Dep Dir
Qin Gang (b. 3/66) _ Ambassador to the United States (7/21-)
Qin Shutong (b. 11/63) _ General, PLA Ground Forces PC (1/22-)
Qu Qingshan (b. 5/57) _ CC Party History & Literature Inst Pres (4/19-); VP (10/07-4/19)
Ren Zhenhe (Tujia) (b. 2/64) _ Gansu Governor (12/20-)
Shen Chunyao (b. 5/60) _ NPC Leg Aff Committee Chair (4/17-); NPC cadre (03-)
Shen Haixiong (b. 2/67) _ CC Prop Dept Dep Dir, in Zhejiang under Xi Jinping
Shen Xiaoming (b. 5/63) _ Hainan CCP Sec'y (12/20-); Gov (4/17-12/20), Shanghai
Shen Yiqin (f., Bai) (b. 12/59) _ Guizhou CCP Sec'y (11/20-), career-long Guizhou cadre
Shen Yueyue (f.) (b. 1/57) _ NPC Vice Chair (3/13-), ex-All Womens, CC Organ Dept Dep
Shi Taifeng (b. 9/56) _ Politburo; Secretariat, CC United Front Dept Dir (10/22-), CASS
Sun Jinlong (b. 1/62) _ Ecology & Env CCP Sec'y (4/20-); ex-Xinjiang P&C Corps Sec'y
Sun Shaocheng (b. 7/60) _ Inner Mongolia CCP Sec'y (4/22-)
Tang Dengjie (b. 6/64) _ Civil Affairs Minister (2/22-); ex-Fujian Gov, Space, Shanghai
Tang Renjian (b. 8/62) _ Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister (12/20-); ex-Gansu Gov
Tie Ning (f.) (b. 9/57) _ novelist
Tong Jianming (b. 6/63) _ Supreme People's Procuratorate Exec Dep Procrurator (5/20-)
Tuo Zhen (b. 9/59) _ Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) Editor-in-Chief (10/20-)
Wan Lijun (b. 7/57) _ CAS chemist; ex-Univ of Sci & Tech Pres
Wang Chunning (b. 3/63) _ General, People's Armed Police Commander (12/20-)
Wang Dongming (b. 7/56) _ NPC Vice Chair (3/13-), All-China Fed of Trade Unions chair
Wang Guanghua (b. 1/63) _ Natural Resources Minister (6/22-)
Wang Haijiang (b. 7/63) _ General, Western Theater Commander (8/21-); ex-Xinjiang, Tibet
Wang Hao (b. 10/63) _ Zhejiang Governor (9/21-); ex-Xi'an CCP Sec'y (9/19-9/21)
Wang Huning (b. 10/55) _ PBSC, Secretariat, ideologue
Wang Junzheng (b. 5/63) _ Tibet CCP Sec'y (10/21-); ex-Xinjiang P&C Corps CCP Sec'y
Wang Kai (Henan) (b. 7/62) _ Henan Governor (4/21-); ex-Changchun CCP Sec'y (4/19-3/21)
Wang Kai (b. 4/63) _ Lt. General, Tibet MD Commander (3/21-); 13^th GA
Wang Lixia (f., Mong.) (b. 6/64) _ Inner Mongolia Governor (8/21-)
Wang Menghui (b. 1/60) _ Hubei CCP Sec'y (3/22-); ex-House/Urban-Rural Min (6/17-3/22)
Wang Ning (b. 4/61) _ Yunnan CCP Sec'y (10/21-); ex-Fujian Gov (7/20-10/21), Fuzhou
Wang Peng (b. 2/64) _ Lt. General, PLA Training & Admin Dept Dir (12/21-)
Wang Qiang (b. 1963) _ General, Northern Theater Cmdr (9/22-); ex-West AF Cmdr
Wang Qingxian (b. 7/63) _ Anhui Governor (1/21-); ex-Qingdao CCP Sec'y (1/19-1/21)
Wang Renhua (b. 1962) _ Vice Adm, MAC Pol & Legal Aff Comm Sec'y (12/19-); ex-DIC
Wang Shouwen (b. 1966) _ Commerce Exec V-Min, CCP Dep Sec'y, Int'l Trade Rep
Wang Weizhong (b. 3/62) _ Guangdong Gov (12/21-), CCP Dep Sec'y (12/18-), Shenzhen
Wang Wenquan (b. 12/62) _ Lt. General, MAC Joint Log Support Force PC (9/20-); 72 GA
Wang Wentao (b. 5/64) _ Commerce Min (12/20-); ex-Heilongjiang Gov (3/18-12/20)
Wang Xiangxi (b. 8/62) _ Emergency Management Minister (7/22-); ex-Hubei cadre
Wang Xiaohong (b. 7/57) _ Secretariat, Public Security Minister (6/22-)
Wang Xiaohui (b. 8/62) _ Sichuan CCP Sec'y (4/22-)
Wang Xiubin (b. 3/64) _ General, Southern Theater Cmdr (6/21-)
Wang Yi (b. 10/53) _ Politburo; St Councilor (3/18-), Foreign Minister (3/13-)
Wang Yong (b. 12/55) _ State Councilor (3/18-) ex-SOE Assets Super Chair (8/10-3/13)
Wang Yubo (b. 1/63) _ Yunnan Governor (11/20-); Qinghai cadre (1984-2019)
Wang Zhengpu (b. 8/63) _ Hebei Governor (10/21-); ex-Nat'l Adm for Rural Revital Dir
Wang Zhijun (b. 9/65) _ Heilongjiang CCP Exec Dep Sec'y (4/22-); ex-Ind / IT V-Min
Wang Zhonglin (b. 8/62) _ Hubei Governor (5/21-); ex-Wuhan, Jinan CCP Sec'y
Wu Hansheng (b. 4/63) _ CC Cen & St Organ Work Cmte Exec Dep Sec'y (5/22-); Shanxi
Wu Xiaojun (b. 1/66) _ Qinghai Governor (3/22-); Jiangxi cadre (1988-2022)
Wu Yanan (b. 8/62) _ General, Central Theater Commander (1/22-)
Wu Zhenglong (b. 11/64) _ Jiangsu CCP Sec'y (10/21-), NPC chair (1/22-), Gov (5/17-8/21)
Xi Jinping (b. 6/53) _ PBSC, General Secretary, MAC Chair, State President
Xiao Jie (b. 6/57) _ St Council Sec'y General (3/18-); ex-MOF Min (11/16-3/18)
Xiao Pei (b. 1/61) _ DIC Deputy Secretary (10/17-), Nat'l Super Com Dep Dir (3/18-)
Xie Chuntao (b. 2/63) _ CCP School Exec VP (6/22-); Central CCP School (1988-)
Xin Changxing (b. 12/63) _ Qinghai CCP Sec'y (3/22-); ex-Gov (8/20-3/22)
Xu Deqing (b. 7/63) _ General, PLA Central Theater Command PC (1/22-), 47 GA
Xu Kunlin (b. 5/65) _ Jiangsu Governor (10/21-); Suzhou, Shanghai
Xu Lin (b. 6/63) _ Nat'l Radio and TV Adm Dir (6/22-); cyberspace adm
Xu Qiling (b. 7/62) _ General, MAC Vice Chair (8/21-), West Theater (4/20-8/21)
Xu Qin (b. 10/61) _ Heilongjiang CCP Sec'y (10/21-); ex-Hebei Gov (4/17-8/21)
Xu Xisheng (b. 4/64) _ Lt. General (Southern Theater Dep PC (7/17-), Fuzhou PLAAF
Xu Xueqiang (b. 11/62) _ General, PLA Nat'l Def Univ Pres (8/21-); ex-Northern Cmdr
Xu Zhongbo (b. 10/60) _ General, PLA Rocket Force PC (7/20-)
Yan Jinhai (Tibetan) (b. 3/62) _ Tibet Governor (10/21-), Lhasa CCP Sec;y (1/21-)
Yang Cheng (b. 12/64) _ Lt. General, Xinjiang MD PC (12/20-), CCP SC, Lanzhou MR
Yang Xuejun (b. 4/63) _ PLA Acad Mil Sci Pres (7/17-), Nad Def Tech Univ (16/1-7/17)
Yang Zhiliang (b. 11/62) _ Vice Adm, South China Sea Fleet PC (12/19-)
Ye Jianchun (b. 7/65) _ Jiangxi Gov (10/21-); ex-Emergency Mgt, Water Resource V-Min
Yi Huiman (b. 12/64) _ China Securities Reg Commission Char (1/19-); ex-ICBC Chair
Yi Lianhong (b. 9/59) _ Jiangxi CCP Sec'y (10/21-), NPC Ch (1/22-); ex-Gov (8/18-8/21)
Yin Hejun (b. 1/63) _ Chinese Academy of Sciences VP (12/20-); ex-Tianjin Dep Sec'y
Yin Hong (b. 6/63) _ Gansu CCP Sec'y (3/21-); Henan Gov, Shanghai (1985-2019);
Yin Li (b. 8/62) _ Politburo; Beijing CCP Sec'y (11/22-); ex-Fujian, Sichuan
Yin Yong (b. 8/69) _ Beijing Acting Mayor (10/22-), CCP Dep Sec'y (6/22-); ex-PBoC
Ying Yong (b. 11/57) _ Supreme People's Procuratorate Dep Prosecutor-General (9/22-)
Yu Jianhua (b. 12/61) _ Gen Adm of Customs Dir (4/22-); Commerce Vice Min, WTO rep
Yu Qingjiang (b. 9/63) _ Lt. General, PLAAF Chief-of-Staff (12/17-); Shenyang, Jinan
Yuan Huazhi (b. 10/61) _ Admiral, PLAN PC (1/22-); ex-East AF PC, Marine Corp PC
Yuan Jiajun (b. 9/62) _ Politburo, Zhejiang CCP Sec'y (9/20-); Gov (4/17-9/20), space
Zhang Gong (b. 8/61) _ Tianjin Mayor (5/22-); ex-St Adm Mkt Reg Dir (8/20-5/22)
Zhang Guoqing (b. 8/64) _ Politburo, Liaoning CCP Sec'y (9/20-), Chongqing, mil industries
Zhang Hongbing (b. 1/66) _ General, PAP PC (1/22-, East PC (12/19-1/22), 76, 20 GAs
Zhang Hongsen (b. 8/64) _ China Writers Assoc CCP Sec'y (6/21-); ex-Hunan Prop Dep Dir
Zhang Jun (b. 10/56) _ Supreme Peoples Procuratorate Pro-Gen (3/18-), Justice Min
Zhang Lin (b. 1965) _ Lt. General, MAC Logistics Support Department Dir (1/22-)
Zhang Qingwei (b. 11/61) _ Hunan CCP Sec'y (10/21-); ex-Sci, Tech, Ind Def Chair, space
Zhang Shengmin (b. 2/58) _ MAC Mbr, DIC SC, PLA DIC Secretary (1/17-)
Zhang Youxia (b. 7/50) _ Politburo; MAC Vice Chair (3/18-); Viet Vet
Zhang Yupu (Hui) (b. 8/62) _ Ningxia Gov (5/22-), CCP SC (8/21); Heilongjiang (1984-8/21)
Zhang Yuzhuo (b. 1/62) _ China Assoc for Sci & Tech CCP Sec'y (8/21-); China Petrochem
Zhao Gang (b. 6/68) _ Shaanxi CCP Sec'y (5/22-); ex-Yan'an Sec'y, Norinco,
Zhao Leji (b. 3/57) _ PBSC; CPPCC Chair (10/22-; ex-NPC Chair (10/17-10/22)
Zhao Long (b. 9/67) _ Fujian Gov (10/21-); ex-Heilongjiang Gov, land/resou bureaucrat
Zhao Xiaozhe (b. 7/63) _ Vice Admiral, MAC Sci & Tech Cmte Dir (6/18-), engineer
Zhao Yide (b. 2/65) _ Shaanxi Gov (8/20-); Zhejiang, Hangzhou, Wenzhou, Hebei
Zheng Shanjie (b. 11/61) _ Anhui CCP Sec'y (9/21-); ex-Zhejiang Gov (9/20-21), Fujian
Zheng Xincong (b. 11/63) _ Macau Liaison Off Dir (5/22-); Fujian (1990s-7/21)
Zhong Shaojun (b. 10/68) _ Lt. Gen, MAC Gen Off Dir (8/17-), MAC Chair Off Dir (6/13-)
Zhou Naixiang (b. 12/61) _ Shandong Gov (9/21-); Ch St Constr Engin Chair, Suzhou
Zhou Qiang (b. 4/60) _ Supreme People's Court Chief Justice, Pres (3/13-), CYL
Zhou Zuyi (b. 1/65) _ Fujian CCP Sec'y (11/22-), HR & Soc Sec Min (6/22-)
Zhuang Rongwen (b. 2/61) _ CC Prop Dep Dir (4/18-), Internet Info Off Dir (8/18-), cyber,
Zou Jiayi (f.) (b. 6/63) _ Finance Vice Minister (6/18-), China Invest Corp Non-Exec Dir


On a more personal note, this is the ninth party congress I've analyzed in real time, and by far the easiest. Previously, it would be months before every member of the central committee would be identified by job, and generally impossible to pin down birth years, let alone months (for almost all).

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Xi’s New Central Military Commission: A War Council for Taiwan?

Joel Wuthnow, Thursday, December 1, 2022, https://www.prcleader.org/wuthnow-december-2022


The new Military Affairs Commission (MAC) is more of a broad-based advisory body than a coherent joint task force focused on an objective (or several). There is no longer any air force representation, and the only admiral runs the political workshop (and spent the vast majority of his career in the army), and the replacement for rocketman Wei Fenghe is in charge of discipline. The officers serving on the previous MAC spent 10% of their collective careers on joint operations; this version has half as much experience playing well with others.

There is one new vice chair (ex-Eastern Theater Commander He Weidong, 65 yrs old) to accompany hold-over Zhang Youxia (72). Zhang and Xi Jinping have been very close for a very long time (their fathers were civil war buddies). General He replaces General Xu Qiliang, who is four months older than Zhang Youxia.

Incoming Joint Staff Department Director (Chief of Staff) Liu Zhenli (58) is the first senior officer born in the 1960s, and on a very rapidly rising trajectory. Like Zhang Youxia, General Liu served in the Sino-Viet conflict, but he has never worked in a joint operations role.

Continuity in politics with General Political Department Director Miao Hua and PLA Disciplinary Inspection Commission Secretary Zhang Shengmin retaining their loyalty-oriented roles. Equipment manager Li Shangfu, the final member of the MAC (and the first with space expertise), is expected to be named Defense Minister in the spring.

The old 31st Group Army (now 73rd) was based in Fujian when Xi Jinping was governor (1999-2002), and both He Weidong and Miao Hua were among its leadership.

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This is not a sign of unity —

BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- A meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has stressed striving in unity to implement the major decisions and plans made at the 20th CPC National Congress.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered an important speech when presiding over the meeting of criticism and self-criticism held from Monday to Tuesday.

The meeting was themed on fully implementing the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era; developing a deep understanding of the decisive significance of establishing Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and establishing the guiding role of the thought; strengthening the consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment with the central Party leadership; staying confident in the path, theory, system and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics; upholding Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and upholding the Party Central Committee's authority and its centralized, unified leadership, and uniting and leading Party officials in implementing with great effort and determination the major decisions and plans made at the 20th CPC National Congress.

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Li Keqiang dead of heart attack at his house at age 68.

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Li Keqiang dead of heart attack at his house at age 68.

Perhaps, Li Keqiang dead of “heart attack” at his house at age 68.