China Tweets #14 - new leadership edition
Who are China's new leaders?
HAPPENING NOW: First look at the new top decision making politburo standing committee of China’s Communist Party pic.twitter.com/dBwR9h4AUZ
— Olivia Siong (@OliviaSiongCNA) October 23, 2022
Here are the names (open the tweet to view the whole thread).
Who are China's new leaders? The CCP just announced its new Politburo Standing Committee
— Neil Thomas 牛犇 (@neilthomas123) October 23, 2022
The result: a clean sweep for Xi allies and a consolidation of power unseen since the Mao era
1. Xi Jinping
2. Li Qiang
3. Zhao Leji
4. Wang Huning
5. Cai Qi
6. Ding Xuexiang
7. Li Xi
(1/) pic.twitter.com/XQ5ze7xwXU
On the Central Military Commission and being Army-heavy in its composition:
Wow. Credit to @roderick_s_lee who correctly predicted the makeup of the Central Military Commission. Slightly different order but 100% on membership.
— Brian Hart (@BrianTHart) October 23, 2022
Per my previous note, this an Army dominated CMC, which is incredible. https://t.co/98uA7fMxwp
Successor hopefuls for 2027
Successor hopefuls 2027
— 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢 (@lingli_vienna) October 23, 2022
Yin Yong, 53
Qsinghua PhD, Harvard Public Adm. master
Near 20-year work experience at the State Foreign Currencies Adm. Bureau.
Deputy governor of Central Bank at 46.
Currently BJ vice party secretary.
1st time CC full member, fast-tracked. pic.twitter.com/WjvLM0hroF
Women don't hold up half the sky in Xi's China
Zero Female Cadres In The Politburo. This is the so called “坚持男女平等基本国策.” 🤦🏻♀️ pic.twitter.com/8XBb4zLjPX
— Yifan Zhang 張伊帆 (@yifanz0303) October 23, 2022
On Li Qiang
You might be upset, but the people who actually dealt with Li Qiang, China’s future premier, have some positive notes. 1/ https://t.co/epMhys7YCh
— Keith Zhai (@KeithZhai) October 23, 2022
Background info on Cai Qi:
Some background information about Cai Qi - one of the biggest surprises of today's announcement of the CPC Standing Committee 🧵 pic.twitter.com/81WWYya981
— Moritz Rudolf (@MoritzRudolf) October 23, 2022
Zhao Leji out and Li Xi in as head of CCDI:
As predicted, Zhao Leji has left the CCDI.
— 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢 (@lingli_vienna) October 22, 2022
Li Xi 李希 will take over the CCDI.
The Wang Yang on the CCDI member list must be a different Wang Yang from the Qinghai CDI system. pic.twitter.com/mFzRdp4yLD
Here's an old photo of Xi hanging out with China's new number 2, Li Qiang:
China's No. 1 leader with his new No. 2. Caption says this was on Nanji Island, off Wenzhou city in Zhejiang province.
— Chun Han Wong 王春翰 (@ByChunHan) October 23, 2022
Xi Jinping was Zhejiang party chief from 2002-2007. Li Qiang was Wenzhou party chief from 2002-2004, sec-gen of Zhejiang prov. party committee from 2004-2012. pic.twitter.com/Z0ZVprXk09
Why Li Qiang?
One possible advantage to having Li Qiang as premier is that it will likely end the possibility that people will interpret some of his statements as a “separate line,” like what happened with Li Keqiang and might have happened with Wang Yang or Hu Chunhua as premier.
— Joseph Torigian (@JosephTorigian) October 23, 2022
For the first time since 1978, there is no even one former CYL Central Secretariat member in the Standing Committee of the CCP. The same applies to Politburo.
— Adrian Brona (@AdrianBrona) October 23, 2022
Chinese Ambassador to US Qin Gang is in the new Central Committee. This signals he's headed up in the foreign ministry and a signal that Xi Jinping wants to have him manage the broader foreign policy portfolio.
— Dali L. Yang (@Dali_Yang) October 22, 2022
The #20thPartyCongress replaced two third
— 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢 (@lingli_vienna) October 22, 2022
(134/204) of the 19th Central Committee members.
Changes to the constitution
“Complete Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation”, “Socialist Market Economy”, “Common Prosperity” & “Dual Circulation” are formally written into the revised CCP Party Constitution. pic.twitter.com/u3VXmNLiXk
— Hao HONG 洪灝, CFA (@HAOHONG_CFA) October 22, 2022