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How Xi Jinping and China’s Communist Party’s inner circles are all connected - 2023 update

Xi Jinping highlights importance of innovation on path to ‘Chinese-style modernisation’

China puts scientist in charge of Communist Party’s human resources department

China’s 20th Party Congress

China’s leadership reshuffle 2022

illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

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Why Chinese leader Xi Jinping wants more technocrats in key roles

Graphic: Henry Wong

 Xi Jinping is expected to secure a third term while the rest of the leadership faces a major overhaul. Photo: Xinhua

Analyst believe this year’s leadership shake-up will see more cadres with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and mathematics taking on key roles.


China’s children of the 70s come to the fore as next generation of leaders starts to emerge

Shi Guanghui, Guizhou’s deputy secretary, benefitted from his experience in Shanghai. Photo: Weibo

Zhuge Yujie, Shanghai’s deputy party chief, is one of the most prominent born in the 1970s. Photo: Weibo

Cadres born in the 1970s are starting to move up the Communist Party career ladder as they prepare for more senior roles.


Who can fill the shoes of China’s Iron Lady Sun Chunlan on Politburo?

Illustration: Perry Tse

Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan has been criss-crossing the country to demand continuous prevention and control efforts against Covid-19. Photo: Xinhua

Shen Yiqin, party chief of Guizhou province in southwest China. Photo: Weibo

Sun Chunlan takes the oath of office in 2018 alongside her fellow newly appointed vice-premiers (from left) Hu Chunhua, Han Zheng and Liu He. Photo: AP

For two years she has ruled the country’s Covid-19 response with an iron fist, but at 72 the vice-premier is expected to step down at this year’s party congress.


The Communist Party of China will undergo a major leadership shake-up at its party congress in the second half of 2022. In this series, the South China Morning Post looks at what the party’s next generation of leaders might look like.
 


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China’s leadership reshuffle 2022

The Communist Party of China will undergo a major leadership shake-up at its party congress in the second half of 2022. In this series, the South China Morning Post looks at what the party’s next generation of leaders might look like.

Why Chinese leader wants more technocrats in key roles

Analyst believe this year’s leadership shake-up will see more cadres with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and mathematics taking on key roles.

China’s children of the 70s start to come to the fore

Cadres born in the 1970s are starting to move up the Communist Party career ladder as they prepare for more senior roles.

Who can fill the shoes of China’s Iron Lady Sun Chunlan on Politburo?

For two years she has ruled the country’s Covid-19 response with an iron fist, but at 72 the vice-premier is expected to step down at this year’s party congress.