19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
The 19th Central Committee (19th CC) of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 19th National Congress in 2017, and sat until the next National Congress was convened in 2022. It formally succeeded the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and preceded the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
19th Central Committee | |
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Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| 24 October 2017 – 21 October 2022 Overview | |
| Type | Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Election | 19th Congress |
| Leadership | |
| General Secretary | Xi Jinping |
| Politburo Standing Committee | 7 |
| Politburo | 25 |
| Secretariat | 7 |
| Members | |
| Total | 204 |
| Alternates | |
| Total | 172 |
| Apparatus | |
| Head of General Office | Ding Xuexiang |
| No. of departments | 4 |
| Plenary sessions | |
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The committee is composed of full members and alternate members. A member has voting rights, while an alternate does not. If a full member is removed from the Central Committee the vacancy is then filled by an alternate member at the next committee plenum – the alternate member who received the most confirmation votes in favour is highest on the order of precedence. To be elected to the Central Committee, a candidate must be a party member for at least five years.
The first plenary session in 2017 was responsible for electing the bodies in which the authority of the Central Committee is invested when it is not in session: the Politburo and the Politburo Standing Committee. It was also responsible for approving the members of the Secretariat, 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and its Standing Committee. The third plenary session in 2018 nominated candidates for state positions. The fourth plenary session issued a decision on modernizing governance.