Friends in high places
Based on their work history, see which full members of the 19th Central Committee have connections with the most powerful people in China. Click on the names to see current titles.
PSC members
Politburo member
19th Central Committee Member
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Each ring indicates the position of the politburo member along his or her career
Chen
Hao
Liu Qi
Shen Deyong
Bayanqolu
Connection to a different Politburo member career stage
Chen Jining
Chen Yixin
Chen Xu
Han
Changfu
Wang
Zhimin
He Lifeng
Wang
Xiaohong
Du Jiahao
Chen Xi
Hu Heping
Song Tao
Liu
Xiaokai
Tang Dengjie
Ge Huijun
Liu Guozhi
Xi
Jinping
Zhang
Guoqing
Cai Qi
Tang Yijun
Han Zheng
Wang Qishan
Li Zhanshu
Ding
Xuexiang
Zhong Shan
Wang
Menghui
Liu Cigui
Hu Chunhua
Wang
Weizhong
Zhou Bo
Wang
Junzheng
Li Qiang
Zhao Yide
Huang
Kunming
You Quan
Lu Zhangong
Chen
Miner
Yang Xiaodu
Xu Lin
Ying Yong
Shen
Xiaoming
Li
Keqiang
Bayanqolu
Han
Changfu
Zhang
Jinan
Chen
Quanguo
Bai ChunLi
Bi Jingquan
Chen
Baosheng
Ji Bingxuan
Yi Gang
Hao Ping
Chen Haibo
Li Qun
Shi Taifeng
Zhao Leji
Sun Chunlan
Bu Xiaolin
Leng Rong
Chen
Miner
Peng
Qinghua
Li Yufu
Zhang
Qingli
Liu Xiaokai
Sun Jinlong
Zhou Qiang
Wang Lixia
Du Jiahao
Li Jia
Ji Bingxuan
Li
Zhanshu
Nie Chenxi
Liu Guozhong
Tie Ning
Jia Yumei
Liu Jinguo
Hu Chunhua
Shen
Yiqin
Zhao Kezhi
You
Quan
Wang
Zhaoli
Wu Qiang
Wang
Xiaodong
Hu Zejun
Li Hongzhong
Bi Jingquan
Liu Qibao
Wu
Cunrong
Xu Hairong
Wang
Yang
Luo Huining
Xu Qin
Bater
Song
Guoquan
Mu
Hong
Yan Zhichan
Wang
Huning
Han Zheng
Wu
Zhenglong
Nie Chenxi
Ning Jizhe
Ouyang
Xiaoping
Wang Xiaohui
Huang
Minqiang
Wang
Wentao
Lin Shaochun
Tuo Zhen
Jing Junhai
Luo Huining
Cheng
Lihua
Zhao
Leji
Zhang Yijiong
Ma Shunqing
Xu Lin
Qu
Qingshan
Chen Hao
Wang Jianjun
Shen
Xiaoming
Qiu Xueqiang
Ding Xuexiang
Wang Lixia
Han
Zheng
Song
Xiuyan
Li Qiang
Ying Yong
Li Jinbin
Li Xi
Li Xi
Zhou Bo
Zhu Shengling
Shi Xiaolin
Yin Hong
Yang
Xiaodu
Yang
Zhenwu
Each ring indicates the position of the standing politburo member along his career
Chen Hao
Liu Qi
Person connected to different party member career stage
Bayanqolu
Shen Deyong
Chen
Jining
Chen Yixin
Chen Xu
Han
Changfu
He Lifeng
Wang
Zhimin
Wang
Xiaohong
Du Jiahao
Hu Heping
Chen Xi
Song Tao
Ge Huijun
Liu Guozhi
Liu
Xiaokai
Tang Dengjie
Xi
Jinping
Cai Qi
Zhang
Guoqing
Tang Yijun
Han Zheng
Wang
Menghui
Ding
Xuexiang
Zhong Shan
Wang
Weizhong
Liu Cigui
Wang Qishan
Li Zhanshu
Zhou Bo
Wang
Junzheng
Li Qiang
Zhao Yide
Huang
Kunming
You Quan
Lu Zhangong
Ying Yong
Chen
Miner
Xu Lin
Yang Xiaodu
Shen
Xiaoming
Bayanqolu
Han Changfu
Bai ChunLi
Zhang
Jinan
Chen Quanguo
Bi Jingquan
Chen Baosheng
Li
Keqiang
Ji Bingxuan
Yi Gang
Hao Ping
Chen Haibo
Shi Taifeng
Hu Chunhua
Li Qun
Zhao Leji
Sun Chunlan
Bu Xiaolin
Leng Rong
Peng
Qinghua
Li Yufu
Zhang Qingli
Sun Jinlong
Zhou Qiang
Li Jia
Liu Xiaokai
Chen Miner
Wang Lixia
Du Jiahao
Ji Bingxuan
Li
Zhanshu
Nie Chenxi
Liu Guozhong
Tie Ning
Jia Yumei
Liu Jinguo
Shen Yiqin
Zhao Kezhi
Wang
Zhaoli
Wu Qiang
Wang
Xiaodong
Hu Chunhua
You
Quan
Hu Zejun
Bi Jingquan
Liu Qibao
Wu
Cunrong
Xu Hairong
Wang
Yang
Luo Huining
Xu Qin
Song
Guoquan
Li Hongzhong
Mu Hong
Yan Zhichan
Wu
Zhenglong
Ning Jizhe
Lin Shaochun
Tuo Zhen
Bater
Wang
Huning
Han Zheng
Nie Chenxi
Ouyang
Xiaoping
Wang Xiaohui
Huang
Minqiang
Wang
Wentao
Jing Junhai
Luo Huining
Zhao
Leji
Cheng Lihua
Zhang Yijiong
Ma Shunqing
Qu
Qingshan
Wang Jianjun
Qiu Xueqiang
Song
Xiuyan
Wang Lixia
Li Jinbin
Li Xi
Xu Lin
Chen Hao
Shen
Xiaoming
Ding Xuexiang
Han
Zheng
Ying Yong
Li Qiang
Zhou Bo
Li Xi
Zhu Shengling
Shi Xiaolin
Yin Hong
Yang
Xiaodu
Yang
Zhenwu
Xi
Jinping
Chen Xi
1975-1979
Undergraduate
Student
(Chemical
Engineering)
Liu Guozhi
Liu Xiaokai
Wang Menghui
Wang Weizhong
Li Zhanshu
1969-1985
Shaanxi
and Hebei
Educated Youth,
village-country
party secretary
1983-1985
Deputy
Party Secretary
Wang Qishan
He Lifeng
1985 - 1988
Xiamen
Vice Mayor
Cai Qi
1993-2002
Deputy Party
Secretary of
Fujian Provincial
CCP Committee
2000 - 2002
Fujian Governor
He Lifeng
Liu Cigui
Lu Zhangong
Song Tao
Wang Xiaohong
Wang Zhimin
You Quan
Chen Jining
1998-2002
Doctoral student
Chen Xi
Chen Xu
Han Changfu
Hu Heping
Wang Junzheng
Wang Weizhong
Zhang Guoqing
Bayanqolu
2002-2007
Party Secretary
of Zhejiang
Chen Miner
Chen Yixin
Ge Huijun
Huang Kunming
Li Qiang
Liu Qi
Tang Yijun
Ying Yong
Zhao Yide
Zhong Shan
Chen Hao
2007-2007
Party Secretary
of Shanghai
Municipal
Party Committee
Ding Xuexiang
Du Jiahao
Han Zheng
Shen Deyong
Shen Xiaoming
Tang Dengjie
Xu Lin
Yang Xiaodu
Ying Yong
Zhou Bo
Li
Keqiang
Bai ChunLi
1978-1983
Undergraduate
Law Student
Bi Jingquan
Bu Xiaolin
Chen Baosheng
Hao Ping
Hu Chunhua
Leng Rong
Li Yufu
Peng Qinghua
Shi Taifeng
Yi Gang
Zhao Leji
Bayanqolu
1982-1998
CYLC and
All-China
Youth Federation
Han Changfu
Hu Chunhua
Ji Bingxuan
Li Qun
Sun Jinlong
Zhang Qingli
Zhou Qiang
Chen Quanguo
1998 - 2004
Henan
Zhang Jinan
Chen Haibo
2004 - 2007
Liaoning
Li Jia
Sun Chunlan
Li
Zhanshu
Liu Jinguo
1983 - 1998
Hebei Province
Nie Chenxi
Tie Ning
Wang Lixia
1988 - 2003
Shaanxi Province
Du Jiahao
2003 - 2010
Heilongjiang
Ji Bingxuan
Jia Yumei
Liu Guozhong
Wang Zhaoli
Chen Miner
2010 - 2012
Guizhou
Liu Xiaokai
Shen Yiqin
Wang Xiaodong
Wu Qiang
Zhao Kezhi
Wang
Yang
Liu Qibao
1989-1999
Anhui
Luo Huining
Song Guoquan
Wu Cunrong
Bi Jingquan
1999-2003
Deputy Director,
National
Development
Planning
Commission
Mu Hong
Ning Jizhe
Wu Zhenglong
Xu Qin
You Quan
2003-2005
Deputy
Secretary-General
of the State
Council
Wu Zhenglong
2005-2007
Chongqing
Xu Hairong
Hu Chunhua
2007-2012
Guangdong
Provincial Party
Committee
Hu Zejun
Li Hongzhong
Lin Shaochun
Tuo Zhen
Yan Zhichan
Wang
Huning
Bater
1978-1995
Fudan University
Han Zheng
Huang Minqiang
Nie Chenxi
Ouyang Xiaoping
Wang Wentao
Wang Xiaohui
1995-2017
CCP Policy
Research Office
Zhao
Leji
Cheng Lihua
1980-2007
Qinghai Province
Luo Huining
Ma Shunqing
Qiu Xueqiang
Qu Qingshan
Song Xiuyan
Wang Jianjun
Zhang Yijiong
Jing Junhai
2007-2012
Shaanxi Province
Li Jinbi
Li Xi
Wang Lixia
Han
Zheng
Chen Hao
1990-2017
Shanghai
Ding Xuexiang
Li Qiang
Li Xi
Shen Xiaoming
Shi Xiaolin
Xu Lin
Yang Xiaodu
Yang Zhenwu
Yin Hong
Ying Yong
Zhou Bo
Zhu Shengling
Xi Jinping's family
*Reached retirement age or moved to ceremonial post
List of abbreviations
CCDI: Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
CCP: Chinese Communist Party
CMC: Central Military Commission
CPPCC: Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
CYL: Communist Youth League
NDRC: National Development and Reform Commission
NPC: National People's Congress
PLA: People's Liberation Army
PRC: People's Republic of China
PSC: Politburo Standing Committee
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