China's leadership reshuffle 2017: Appointments

In his first public appearance after the annual Beidaihe conclave, Wang Qishan visits CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive in Hunan in September while still the anticorruption tsar. Photo: Xinhua

China’s former anti-graft tsar keeps legislature seat to stay in the game

Wang Qishan, China’s former formidable anti-corruption tsar, has defied political convention to hold on to a seat in the nation’s top legislature, paving the way for him to remain a player in state affairs for years to come.

22 Feb 2018 - 1:52pm 6

Zhou Xiaochuan, who turns 70 on Monday, was not included on a new list of the nation’s top political advisory body. Photo: Bloomberg

Is China’s central bank boss Zhou Xiaochuan about to retire?

25 Jan 2018 - 8:59pm

Vice-premier Wang Yang has been China's point man on Sino-US trade ties for five years. Photo: AFP

China’s go-to man on US trade to take on top advisory job

22 Feb 2018 - 1:51pm 2

A file picture of Tianjin’s new mayor, Zhang Guoqing. Photo: Reuters

China names acting mayor for Tianjin after bribery scandal

2 Jan 2018 - 10:57pm

Liu He masterminded Xi Jinping’s supply side reforms. Photo: Bloomberg

President Xi Jinping assembles team to lead China into the future

11 Dec 2017 - 11:31pm 20

You Quan had previously dealt with Hong Kong groups as party chief in Fujian, Photo: Handout.

China’s new non-party liaison chief named

7 Nov 2017 - 10:07pm

The Central Party School in Beijing plays a key role in ideological training. Photo: AFP

Xi Jinping’s college classmate takes over party school

3 Nov 2017 - 11:27pm 2

Zhao Kezhi has taken on a new role as party chief at the Ministry of Public Security. Photo: Handout

China set for security shake-up with new names at the top

5 Nov 2017 - 2:09pm 1

Guo Shengkun has been China’s public security minister since 2012. Photo: AFP

Public security minister Guo to step up as China’s top security chief

1 Nov 2017 - 2:48pm

Zhejiang governor Yuan Jiajun and former Comac chairman Jin Zhuanglong join seven existing members with similar background

Two more space engineers in new Central Committee

30 Oct 2017 - 10:43am

Li Qiang has been outspoken in his support for economic reform, innovation and the private sector. Photo: AP

Li Qiang: a keen supporter of the private sector – and of Xi

31 Oct 2017 - 11:19am

Li Qiang has also become a member of the Politburo. Photo: Simon Song

Xi Jinping ally takes up top job in Shanghai

31 Oct 2017 - 11:18am 2

Li Xi, 61, was previously party chief of the rust-belt province of Liaoning. Photo: EPA

Xi ally named as new boss of manufacturing heartland Guangdong

28 Oct 2017 - 11:31pm 3

Xi Jinping, China's president, and other leaders and delegates attend the closing session of the 19th National Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: Bloomberg

Graft fight must be open and accountable

27 Oct 2017 - 1:37am

Delegates raise their hands during the closing session of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua

Three disgraced Chinese officials accused of rigging party votes

27 Oct 2017 - 12:48pm 20

President Xi Jinping (second from right) with members of his new leadership team including Premier Li Keqiang (right), Li Zhanshu (left) and Wang Huning in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: Kyodo

Out with the technocrats, in with China’s new breed of politicians

26 Oct 2017 - 11:09pm 41

A military parade celebrates the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army at the Zhurihe training base in Inner Mongolia in July. Photo: Xinhua

What changes at the top mean for China’s military

26 Oct 2017 - 6:46pm 1

New Politburo Standing Committee member Zhao Leji attends a meeting with media at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee

China’s graft-busters rise up the rungs of power

26 Oct 2017 - 11:14am

China’s military will be overseen by a smaller Central Military Commission overseeing its day-to-day operations. Photo: Reuters

Xi rolls out leaner top line-up for China’s military machine

26 Oct 2017 - 1:35am

State councillor Yang Jiechi has been promoted to the Politburo, making him China’s most powerful foreign affairs official for over a decade. Photo: Reuters

It’s power to the diplomats as China promotes foreign policy chief

1 Nov 2017 - 10:29am 13

China’s President Xi Jinping (centre) is flanked by his fellow members of the elite Politburo Standing Committee. They are:(from left) Han Zheng, Wang Huning, Li Zhanshu, Li Keqiang, Wang Yang and Zhao Leji. Photo: Bloomberg.

Young pretenders fail to break into China’s innermost circle

25 Oct 2017 - 5:44pm 5

China's new Politburo Standing Committee members arrive to meet with the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Xi calls for ‘objective reporting’ as some foreign media barred from Communist Party press conference

26 Oct 2017 - 11:30am 3

Zheng Xiaosong, (left) the head of Beijing’s liaison office in Macau, and Wang Zhimin, the chief of the liaison office in Hong Kong, were both appointed to the Communist Party’s Central Committee. Photo: SCMP

Communist Party taps top men in Hong Kong for Central Committee

24 Oct 2017 - 11:27pm 4

Veteran Wang Yang is expected to go up a rung to executive vice-premier, while Shanghai chief Han Zheng will head political advisory body, sources say

China’s new leadership line-up revealed in full for first time

22 Oct 2017 - 11:32pm

Key ally Li Zhanshu in line to become head of National People’s Congress, while Zhao Leji is set to succeed Wang Qishan as anti-corruption tsar

Meet the pair poised to become two of China’s most powerful men

19 Oct 2017 - 11:39pm

Li Qiaoming, 56, is the new commander of the Northern Theatre Command. Photo: Handout

China names new military commander for important northern region

22 Sep 2017 - 10:04pm

Lieutenant General Li Shangfu will head the PLA’s equipment development programme. Photo: Handout

Space official takes over China’s military equipment programme

18 Sep 2017 - 11:23pm 2

General Li Zuocheng (right), new chief of Joint Staff Department, meets Pakistan army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Photo: PLA Daily

Tense times call for battle-tested Chinese commanders, analysts say

28 Aug 2017 - 4:11pm 8

Shu Guozeng was recently appointed head of discipline inspection at the general office of the Communist Party’s Central Committee. Photo: Handout

Xi’s trusted aide tasked with keeping Chinese officials loyal

25 Aug 2017 - 3:48pm 7

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